妙技花鳥画譜
A Japanese picture book (ehon) of birds and flowers, published in 1890 by Inoue Katsugoro, presumably in Japan for artists and craftsmen. Its pages are paired woodblock-style prints of songbirds among blossoms, leaves and grasses, with Japanese captions beside them. A designer might take its economical black line work, layered leaf outlines and simple bird silhouettes as models for botanical motifs.
