繪本天神御一代記 2巻
This is an Edo-period Japanese picture book (ehon) in two volumes, illustrated by Okumura Masanobu and published by Yamazaki Kinbei in Japan, presumably for popular readers. The woodblock prints show courtly figures in robes seated on verandas, standing on tatami floors among pine trees and screens, with columns of kana text running beside them. A designer might take from them the sparse line work, flat ochre paper tone, and the way text and image share one page.
