蘭斎画譜 蘭部3
A Japanese ehon picture book of orchid studies by Mori Ransai, with Mori Fumisachi credited, printed in 1782 for artists and botanical illustrators. The plates show single stems with buds, pointed leaves and seed pods drawn in fine ink line with grey wash on warm paper, with small Japanese captions beside them; a designer could take their economical outlines, open spacing and tapering botanical forms as models for minimal line drawing.
