絵本筋書 : 大正十四年十月狂言
A 1925 Japanese theatre programme published by the Teikoku Gekijo (Imperial Theatre) in Tokyo, recording the kabuki performances of October 1925 for its audiences. The first picture is a bold colour print of actors in costume beneath a title cartouche, while the rest are black-and-white line illustrations of stage scenes with robed figures, courtiers and a woman with a fan. A designer might take the strong flat masses of the colour print and the economical linework of the monochrome scenes as models for layout and pattern.
