華香画譜 第３巻
A Japanese ehon picture manual of 1903, Volume 3 of the Kako gafu, illustrated by Tsuji Kakō and compiled by Yamada Naosaburō for the Yamada Ungeidō publishing house in Kyoto, meant to teach ink-painting study. The pictures are monochrome woodblock prints of misty landscapes: twisted pines on rocky outcrops, waterfalls cascading down cliffs, rippled water and wind-blown shorelines. A designer could draw on their soft tonal gradations and sparse brushwork to build atmospheric, empty-space compositions.
