新刻万物画譜
A Meiji-era Japanese picture book printed in 1891 by Kobunkan, illustrated by Ekisoku Gyoshi and aimed at general readers learning to draw. The pages are woodblock-printed ehon showing a collection of motifs in roundels and rectangular panels: figures, birds, flowers, rocks, fruit, and landscapes. A designer might take the compact, economical linework and the way single motifs are isolated in circular frames as models for icons or pattern sheets.
