応翠画譜 3
A Meiji-era Japanese picture manual (ehon) by Asai Ōsui, published in 1880 by Kobayashi Kichigorō in Tokyo, for artists and craftsmen learning brush drawing. Its woodblock pages show birds on blossoming branches, willows, pine trees, landscapes with mountains and water, and figures from popular legend. A designer can draw on its economical ink line, open negative space, and compact vignettes arranged in framed panels.
