Chikudō Picture Album (Chikudō gafu) : [volume 2]

Ki, Chikudō, -1825 · 1815 · Kyoto : Hishiya Magobei 菱屋孫兵衛 et al. · 8 pictures

A Japanese woodblock picture album, volume 2 of the Chikudō gafu, compiled by the Kyoto painter Ki Chikudō and published in Kyoto in 1815 by Hishiya Magobei. The pages show ink-painted bamboo, calligraphic inscriptions in red seals, and landscapes with figures, with the bamboo leaves drawn in loose, energetic brushwork. A designer could take from them the expressive economy of brush line, the placement of inscription beside image, and the use of pale grey washes behind dark ink strokes.

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