Kigyoku Picture Album (Kigyoku gafu 其玉画譜)
The Kigyoku Picture Album is a Japanese woodblock picture manual published in Tokyo in 1901 by Kobayashi Bunshichi, offering model designs for artists and craftsmen. Its double-page spreads show pine branches on rock, dark-leaved flowers with a red camellia, white chrysanthemums over stylised water, and curling waves drawn in fine ink lines. A designer can take from them the flat colour fields, bold silhouetted foliage, and rhythmic spiral wave patterns that suit textile, pattern, and poster work.
