Primer on Eight Varieties of Painting (Hasshu gafu 八集画譜)
Primer on Eight Varieties of Painting is a Chinese painting manual printed in 1672 in Japan for students of ink painting, with Japanese woodblock prints of landscapes, trees, and bamboo paired with calligraphic poems and seals. The pictures are pale, precise line drawings of pines, bamboo, rocks, and mountain pavilions that a designer might borrow for sparse botanical or landscape linework, with the brushy calligraphy suggesting a spare, hand-lettered counterpoint.
