草木花鳥画譜
A Japanese ehon picture book of plants, birds and landscapes, drawn by Shibayashi Shinsuke (芝琳斎新助) and published in 1881 by Kinkōdō in Japan. Its pictures are monochrome line drawings of grasses, flowering shrubs, pines and birds in fields and hills, framed by ornamental borders with Japanese titles. A designer might take from them the economy of single-weight ink contour, the decorative framing of paired pages, and the layering of foliage against distant mountains.
