Illustrated book (Gaei wakan meihitsu 画英和漢名筆) : [volume 3 of three?]

Kyoto : Yamashiroya Sahei (Fujii bunsei dō) · 9 pictures

This is a Japanese woodblock-printed picture album from Kyoto, published by Yamashiroya Sahei, presenting paintings attributed to the Kanō school master Kanō Tan'yū (1602-1674) and other Japanese and Chinese masters for artists to copy. The pages show ink-line sketches of pine and plum trees, birds, cranes, a sage with a rabbit, flowers and misty mountain landscapes, with clean line drawing and open paper space that a designer could take as models for economical brush-like linework and simplified natural motifs.

Kanō, Tan'yū, 1602-1674 · Painting, Japanese · Nature in art

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