絵本金竜山浅草千本桜 上
This Japanese picture book, illustrated by Okumura Masanobu and reproduced in facsimile in 1929 by Kiseki Fukusei-kai for Yoneyamado, presents woodblock-style scenes of Edo-period townspeople, travellers and boatmen. Its pictures show figures in patterned kimono moving through gardens, streets and waterways, with captions in columns of Japanese text set beside each scene. A designer might take from them the economy of black line on white, the flowing patterned textiles, and the layout of vertical text beside images.
