絵本菅原実記
An 1886 Japanese illustrated book (ehon) published by Jiyūkaku, retelling the life of the scholar-statesman Sugawara no Michizane for a general readership. Its pictures are rotated sideways on the scan, with woodblock-style black line figures in period robes, interiors, pine trees and rocky landscapes. A designer could take from them the compact figure poses, patterned textile motifs and the sparse ink-line economy of late Edo-derived print design.
