花鳥画譜 中
A Japanese ehon picture book of flower and bird studies, compiled by Shinbei Shibata and published by Shunpūdō in 1880 for artists and craftsmen to copy. The pictures are crisp black ink line drawings of grasses, blossoms and sprigs set against bare ground, with plain spacing and fine tapering strokes that a designer could borrow for botanical motifs, minimal borders or single-colour print patterns.
