花鳥人物画譜
A Meiji-era Japanese picture book of flowers, birds and figures, published in 1879 by Kangyokudō and illustrated by Kitazume Yūgō, intended as a model album for artists learning painting and woodblock print design. The pictures are sparse black-and-white line drawings with areas of stippled or solid black, showing a bird on a pine branch, bamboo leaves, a flowering plant over low hills, and a crescent moon with clouds and a flower. A designer might take the economy of negative space, the single-branch compositions, and the way a few strokes suggest a whole scene.
