柳川畫譜 山水部
This is a Japanese woodblock-printed picture book of landscapes (山水部) by the artist Yanagawa Shigenobu, published in 1800 by Hirabayashi Shōgorō and nine other publishers, made for viewers and artists interested in painting models. The pictures show misty mountains, rivers, shoreline villages and pine trees drawn in soft grey and pale washes of blue and ochre, with sparse ink lines a designer could borrow for minimal landscape compositions and atmospheric depth.
