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養素斎画譜 第2編

今尾景年 画 · 1900 · 田中治兵衛 · 15 pictures

A Japanese ehon picture album, the second volume of the Yōsosai gafu, drawn by Imao Keinen and published in 1900 by Tanaka Jihei. The four plates show a bird in flight over maple branches, bare twisted branches above a rock, birds in dark silhouette against a pale sky, and a misty rocky gorge. A designer could draw on the strong tonal contrast between dark silhouette and empty white ground, and on the economical placement of motifs at the edge of the frame.

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