絵本宝七種
An illustrated picture book (ehon) by Santō Kyōden, published in 1801 in Edo by Tsutaya Jūzaburō for a general readership. Its colour woodblock pages show scenes of legendary and folk figures, animals and dramatic moments, with simple landscape backgrounds and calligraphic captions. A designer might take its loose, economical line work, flat pastel washes and pared-back compositions as a model for narrative vignettes.
