絵本小松原
This is a Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) illustrated by Nishikawa Sukenobu and published in 1761 by Kikuya Kihei in Edo-period Japan, aimed at a general readership of elegant urban audiences. The pictures show courtly and townswomen in richly patterned kimono on wooden verandas beneath blossoming trees, with figures drawn in fine, flowing contour lines and small areas of pattern. A designer might take from them the decorative use of kimono textile motifs, the sparse linework, and the way text panels are integrated into the composition.
