A Garden of Celebrated Japanese and Chinese Paintings (Wakan meigaen) : [volume 3]
A Garden of Celebrated Japanese and Chinese Paintings is a 1750 woodblock-printed Japanese picture manual, volume 3, compiled by the painter Ōoka Shunboku and published in Osaka, Edo and Kyoto for students and collectors of ink painting. Its double-page spreads show brush-drawn figures, landscapes and plants in sparse, confident ink lines, with plenty of empty paper that a designer could borrow for minimal layouts, line-based icons, or spare botanical and mountain motifs.
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