絵本三国妖婦伝 中編
This is a late Edition Meiji-era Japanese woodblock-style picture book (ehon) published in 1884 by Kimura Bunzaburo, written by Takai Ranzan, and drawn for a general readership. The pictures are crisp black line drawings with dense patterned robes, interior screens and courtyard scenes, and short handwritten captions in columns at the top corners. A designer might take the bold outline style, decorative kimono patterns, and framed caption panels as models for pattern and text layout.
