絵本天神記実伝
A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Nakamura Asakichi and published by him in 1887, presumably for general readers of popular illustrated biography. The pages are woodblock-style prints with a court figure in robes and a black cap shown in several scenes, each with columns of vertical Japanese text running alongside. A designer could draw on the bold hatched patterns of the robes, the carved-looking architectural screens and blinds, and the compact panel layouts with text blocks beside figures.
