有朋堂文庫 〔第117〕
A Japanese series volume from the Yuhodo Bunko, compiled by Tsukamoto Tetsuzo and others and published by Yuhodo Shoten in 1914, filed under picture books (ehon). The single picture is a gold-stamped emblem on dark blue cloth: two ducks flank a vertical tablet of Chinese-style characters beneath spreading leafy fronds, with a fine ruled border. A designer could take from it the economy of a gilt cover device, where flat symmetrical motifs and a thin frame carry the whole composition.
