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谷文晁 画 · 1893 · 川瀬代助 · 84 pictures

A Meiji-era (1893) Japanese picture-manual of ink paintings by Tani Bunchō, published in Tokyo by Kawase Daisuke, intended for students and artists copying brush technique. Its pages show rocks, cliffs, cranes, flowering branches, and small village scenes built from loose, dry-brush ink strokes and blotted grey washes, offering a designer simple, expressive models of rock form, tree silhouette, and atmospheric negative space.

Japanese picture books (ehon)

National Diet Library, Japan (国立国会図書館) · Public Domain Mark (PDM), National Diet Library · More from this library