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森琴石 編 · 1880 · 大野木市兵衛 · 48 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture album (ehon) compiled by Mori Kinseki and published in 1880 by Ōnogi Ichibei, offering painting models for students and amateur artists. The pictures are monochrome ink-line landscapes reproduced as woodblock prints, with rocky hills, pines, bamboo, huts and calligraphic inscriptions and seals, showing a designer how economical brush contour and open white space build atmosphere and depth.

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