Album of Landscape Paintings by Ichiro Yashima (Ichirō gafu 一老画譜)
A Japanese woodblock album of landscape paintings by Yajima Gogaku, published by Gasendō in 1823 in the Edo period, meant for connoisseurs and painters studying the landscape manner. The pages show misty mountains, pine-covered cliffs, a lone sailboat on still water, a rain-swept farmhouse, a Mount Fuji silhouette and a few travelers with baskets, drawn in fine black outline with soft grey washes and light colour. A designer could take its economical line work, layered mist and asymmetric compositions, which suit mountain-and-water motifs.
