絵本稗史小説 第11集
This is a Japanese illustrated fiction volume from 1920, published by Hakubunkan in Tokyo, reproducing woodblock-style ehon picture book scenes for a general reading public. The four pictures show interior scenes of Edo-period women, a monk on a veranda, and a crowded outdoor gathering rendered in dense black line work with Japanese text columns framing the images. A designer could take from them the strong contrast of hatched black ink, the calligraphic text panels set beside figures, and the flat compositional layering of rooms, screens and patterned kimono.
