絵本昔語松虫墳
This is a late Meiji woodblock-style picture book printed in 1886 by Bunjidō, with anonymous authorship, illustrating the Japanese tale of Matsumushi-zuka in ehon format for a popular readership. The pictures show robed figures in interiors, outdoor scenes with trees and fences, and fighting, drawn in bold black outlines with dense ornamental patterning on kimono and hakama, with Japanese text set in columns beside the images, offering designers strong patterned textiles, dramatic staging and vertical text layouts.
