Kottōshū / Seisei Rōjin zuihitsu : Volume 1, part 1
A Japanese illustrated text printed in Edo in 1814 by Chōjiya Heibei and the Bunkeidō press, written by Santō Kyōden, a popular author of the period. Its double-page spreads pair dense columns of kana and kanji with small woodblock sketches of everyday scenes, figures in patterned kimono, and interiors with sliding screens and diagonal architectural lines. A designer might take its economical brush-ink linework, the rhythm of text blocks beside images, and its patterned garment motifs.
