字形画譜
A Japanese ehon picture book printed in 1880 by Kansuidō, with illustrations attributed to Satō Shigesuke, a Meiji-era artist. The pages are ink line drawings with brief kana text, and they show figures in traditional dress, with the text partly shaping the forms. A designer might take from them the economical brush contour, the calligraphic linework, and the way written characters are woven into the picture.
