宇都宮釣天井 : 絵本実録
This is a Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Maki Kinnosuke and published in 1886 by Kinjudo in Tokyo, aimed at general readers of popular historical tales. Its woodblock-style black-and-white pages show samurai and courtiers in patterned kimono and armour, seated in interiors with lattice screens, wave-pattern backdrops and dense columns of kana text. A designer might borrow the bold textile patterning, the dotted and checked fabric textures, and the way text and figures interlock on the page.
