Eishō hyakuchō gafu
Eishō hyakuchō gafu is a Japanese bird-picture album published in Kyoto in 1913 by Unsōdō, drawn by Takeuchi Seihō and based on the earlier work of Tsuchida Eishō. The pages show birds in pairs of facing spreads, with flight studies, plumage details and tail and wing feathers rendered in ink line and soft colour washes. A designer could take from them the economical line of Japanese bird studies, with feathers built from repeated strokes and small clusters of spots.
