絵本金花談 巻之12 1冊
This is an illustrated Japanese picture book (ehon), volume 12 of Ehon Kinka-dan, drawn by Hayami Shungyosai and published by Maekawa Genshichirō, presumably in Edo, for a general readership. The pictures are woodblock-style black-and-white line drawings showing seated figures in patterned robes on tatami-like floors, with rows of attendants, folding screens, and sloping roof edges drawn in strong diagonal perspective. A designer might take the bold diagonal compositions, the stylised cloud bands, and the patterned kimono textures as models for graphic layouts.
