This is an Akamatsu Setsuko-designed drawing pad from Showa Note, called "Flora." It allows you to read the picture story "Silver Rain" in order, from the front cover, inside front cover, inside back cover, to the back cover. The inside front and inside back covers can also be enjoyed as coloring pages. The notebook has 16 blank pages. It is A5 size and thread-bound. It is new and unused, but the paper inside has yellowed considerably. It has been carefully stored, so there are almost no stains on the front and back covers. Akamatsu Setsuko serialized popular works one after another, such as "Kodama Hime" in Kobunsha's monthly "Shoujo" from the mid-1950s, "Shiawase no Hoshi" and "Otome no Inori" in Kodansha's monthly "Nakayoshi," "Minarai Tenshi," "Bara Kyodai," and "Nanako" in Kodansha's "Weekly Shōjo Friend," and "Aozora wa Doko ni" in Shueisha's "Weekly Margaret." She also wrote long manga one after another for Wakagi Shobo's rental book series "Himawari Book," and was a popular author who also published personal series such as "Akamatsu Setsuko Ai no Monogatari Series" and "Akamatsu Setsuko Okaasan Series" from the same company. Along with her husband, Kazuma Maki, who had a drawing style so similar that even very knowledgeable fans couldn't tell them apart, she was very active in rental book single volumes, shojo manga magazines, and Shogakukan's grade magazines from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s. After that, she continued to provide illustrations to Showa Note, Tokai Note, Mitsubishi Pencil, etc., and was loved by girls. Judging from the illustrations, I think it's a design from the mid-1960s or later. For fans of Showa shojo manga, and those who collect stationery from this period, how about it?