絵本慶安太平記
A Meiji-era reprint of an earlier Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1888 by Tsurusei-sha, illustrating a historical tale of the Keian period. The pictures are monochrome woodblock-style line drawings of seated men in kimono within interior rooms with sliding screens, shown in quiet scenes of conversation, writing, and sorting papers. A designer could take from them the clean contour linework, the sparse interior settings, and the hatched patterning of striped and figured textiles.
