文林画譜 １
A Meiji-era Japanese ehon picture book printed in 1883 by the publisher Watanabe Teikichi, authored by Sano Motoyuki, and aimed at students of painting. Its pages show ink studies of orchids, chrysanthemums, bamboo and plum-like branches, with calligraphic colophons and seals set beside them. A designer might take from them the economy of brushwork, the open white space around a single sprig, and the way inscriptions sit as part of the composition.
