芸林画譜
This is a Japanese picture book of painting reproductions, published in 1921 by a Buddhist arts institute and collected under the heading of ehon picture books. The four plates are monochrome photographic reproductions of old ink-and-colour paintings on silk or paper, showing gardens, pine trees, water birds, and a waterfall scene. A designer could take from them the tonal range of dark grounds, pale mist and soft-edged foliage, along with the sparse, asymmetric placement of motifs across the page.
