Untitled Picture Album of Fifteen Ink Paintings
An album of fifteen ink landscape paintings made in 1850 by the Japanese painter Hine Taizan (1813-1869), kept as a private collection piece for viewing in hand. The pictures use sparse brush lines and grey wash on pale paper, with red seal stamps placed at the edges. A designer could take from them the economy of empty space, where mountains, trees and water are suggested in a few strokes and the blank paper carries the atmosphere.
