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An Edo-period Japanese picture book (ehon) illustrated by Suzuki Harunobu and published in 1767 by Yamazaki Kinbei, most likely for a general readership of townspeople and women. Its woodblock pages show elegant figures in courtyards, under blossoming trees, and on verandas, with a few lines of calligraphy in each scene. A designer might take from them the economical line work, the patterned kimono textures, and the layouts that place text in the upper space beside a figure.
