絵本稗史小説 第3集
This is a Japanese illustrated fiction volume (ehon) from 1918, published by Hakubunkan, likely a reprint of an earlier woodblock-style picture book for general readers. Its pages are black-and-white woodblock-style prints showing seated scholars or nobles on verandas, a figure on a rooftop beneath a verse inscription, a pair of lovers behind a screen, and a warrior among bamboo. A designer could take from them the dense, flowing line work, cloud borders, and patterned textiles typical of Edo-period book illustration.
