南画集 〔下巻〕
A 1918 Japanese art collection, the second volume of the Nanga Shu, edited by Murayama Junggo and published by Kokkasha, presenting reproductions of Chinese-style ink landscape paintings in the Japanese literati tradition. The pictures are monochrome halftone reproductions of hanging scrolls, with mountains rising through mist, pine and bamboo groves, small figures on paths, and calligraphic inscriptions in the upper margins. A designer might draw on their tonal range, the economy of dark ink masses against pale washes, and the vertical compositions that suit tall formats.
