Kyōka Verse Anthology of Elegant Friends (Kyōka gayū shū 狂歌雅友集)
A Japanese kyōka poetry anthology compiled and illustrated by Totoya Hokkei, printed in Edo in 1826 for a circle of comic-verse enthusiasts. Its double-page spreads pair brushed calligraphy of witty poems with small ink and colour sketches of bamboo, mountains, rain-wet houses, travellers and folding fans. A designer might take the sparse asymmetric layouts, the pale mica-like ground tones and the economical brush line as models for restrained, text-led page design.
