絵本稗史小説 第2集
This is a 1917 Japanese illustrated volume, the second collection in a series of picture-book stories (絵本稗史小説), published by Hakubunkan in Tokyo for general readers. Its woodblock-style pictures show Edo-period costume scenes with text columns set beside each image, and a designer could take their dense patterned kimono, layered compositions, and flat black linework as reference for ornament and framing.
