花鳥画譜 下
A Japanese ehon picture book of 1880 compiled by Shinbei Shibata and published by Shunpūdō, presenting bird-and-flower painting models for artists and craftsmen. The pictures are woodblock-style black-and-white horse studies in paired panels, with bold black masses set against white and fine white-line manes and tails, showing how a few strokes can convey energetic movement, a designer might borrow the compact silhouette and the way dark and light forms interlock across a split frame.
