# E-Sugoroku × Ukiyo-e — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=e-sugoroku+ukiyo-e
# E-Sugoroku carries the structure. Ukiyo-e appear as accents, each further back than the last.
# Style descriptors only. Never imitates a specific artist, studio, brand or work.

An original image that takes its structure from E-Sugoroku (Layout, Edo period–) and its accent from Ukiyo-e (Style, 17th–19th century). Structural cues: Spiral or field progression; A scene in every square; Start and goal; A narrative held on one sheet. Accent cues, used sparingly: Clear outlines; Flat color; Bold cropping; Overlapping space. Composition: A spiral or serpentine route with start and goal at opposite corners. Type and lettering: A number and one short line per square, a single face throughout. Let one material quality come from the second style: Keylines and few color blocks; use the paper as one of the colors. Mood: Play, Nostalgia, Exhilaration, Calm. Color: build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 with a single accent drawn from #e6d7b5, #285b7e, #c9a260. Constraints: do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work. Produce an original composition in the general period languages described above.

# Cautions carried from each entry
# - E-Sugoroku: Dividing the squares evenly without pacing the progression leaves a sheet where nothing tells the reader which step is the climax.
# - Ukiyo-e: Not a kit of 'Japanese-style' signs. Research the artist, carver, printer, period and subject.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/e-sugoroku/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/ukiyo-e/design.md