Koetsu utaibon hyakuban
Koetsu utaibon hyakuban is a Japanese utaibon, a small printed book of song texts, dated 1600 and held by the Smithsonian Libraries. Its cover shows pale white-outlined wisteria sprays drifting across a grey-green ground beside a tan label with a black calligraphic title, a restrained design a graphic designer could borrow for quiet botanical covers with a single vertical title strip.
