万職工業画譜 : 明治新刻
This Meiji-era Japanese picture book, published in 1896 by Seikadō in Tokyo and illustrated by Okamura Shōbei, presents assorted objects, animals and plants for craftsmen and artisans. Its pages show crisp black-and-white woodblock-style prints arranged as grids of isolated motifs, including birds, fish, flowers, a rooster, a deer and vessels, which a designer might take as compact studies of silhouette and arrangement.
