文濤習画帖 ２
A Japanese drawing manual (ehon) compiled and brush-written by Oka Buntō and published in 1909 by Wakabayashi Shigeichirō and others, meant as a practice guide for students of ink painting. The pages show single botanical motifs in sumi brush strokes: a carnation-like flower on slender stems, pine needles and cones on a bare branch, maple leaves on a thin twig, and a camellia or similar bloom with a long curving stem. Designers can take from them the economy of a single brush stroke, the open negative space around one subject, and the small red seal placed in the corner as a finishing mark.
