絵本稗史小説 第7集
A 1918 Japanese illustrated book (ehon) from the Hakubunkan publishing house, the seventh volume of a series of popular fiction stories, aimed at general readers. Its woodblock-style pictures show courtly and domestic scenes with figures in layered patterned kimono, seated or kneeling on interior floors beside text columns of vertical Japanese script. A designer might take from them the dense interplay of printed text and figure, the flowing patterned robes, and the compact layouts that frame small scenes within blocks of writing.
