The Moving Brush in "Rough" Painting (Unpitsu soga) : [volume 3]
The Moving Brush in Rough Painting, volume 3, is a Japanese woodblock picture manual by Tachibana Morikuni, published in 1749 in Osaka and Edo for painters and students learning ink sketching. Its double-page spreads show birds, plants, a seated figure and waves rendered in loose, fast brushwork, and a designer could take from them the economy of ink marks, where a few dark strokes and pale grey washes suggest feathers, branches and water.
![Picture 1 of 8 from The Moving Brush in "Rough" Painting (Unpitsu soga) : [volume 3] (1749), leaf 5](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_16650-5-1.webp)
![Picture 2 of 8 from The Moving Brush in "Rough" Painting (Unpitsu soga) : [volume 3] (1749), leaf 7](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_16650-7-1.webp)
![Picture 3 of 8 from The Moving Brush in "Rough" Painting (Unpitsu soga) : [volume 3] (1749), leaf 13](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_16650-13-1.webp)
![Picture 4 of 8 from The Moving Brush in "Rough" Painting (Unpitsu soga) : [volume 3] (1749), leaf 15](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_16650-15-1.webp)
![Picture 5 of 8 from The Moving Brush in "Rough" Painting (Unpitsu soga) : [volume 3] (1749), leaf 18](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_16650-18-1.webp)
![Picture 6 of 8 from The Moving Brush in "Rough" Painting (Unpitsu soga) : [volume 3] (1749), leaf 19](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_16650-19-1.webp)
![Picture 7 of 8 from The Moving Brush in "Rough" Painting (Unpitsu soga) : [volume 3] (1749), leaf 20](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_16650-20-1.webp)
![Picture 8 of 8 from The Moving Brush in "Rough" Painting (Unpitsu soga) : [volume 3] (1749), leaf 21](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_16650-21-1.webp)