Tōkei Picture Album (Tōkei gafu, fusatsu), Supplementary Series
A Japanese woodblock picture album of landscape sketches by Ogura Tōkei, issued in 1809 as a supplementary series for artists and students. The double-page spreads show ink-line mountains, pines, rocky cliffs, thatched pavilions and small figures in sparse, economical brushwork on pale paper. A designer could take its spare linework, open negative space and fluid tree and rock contours as a model for minimal botanical or landscape graphics.
