絵本皇統略記
An 1880 Japanese illustrated book (ehon) titled Kōtō Ryakki, compiled by Hirano Tomoo and published by Kameyama Shoya, presenting a sequence of imperial portraits with columns of Japanese text. The pictures are woodblock-style black-and-white line drawings of seated and standing emperors in layered patterned robes, with vertical labels and calligraphic notes beside each figure, offering a designer a clear model for historical costume patterning and formal vertical text layout.
