景年花鳥画譜 冬之部
A Japanese ehon picture book of bird and flower studies, drawn by Imao Keinen and published by Nishimura Sōzaemon in 1892, presumably for artists and collectors of woodblock printing. The double-page spreads show birds perched on branches, wading among reeds, and feeding in flowering shrubs, rendered in fine, economical ink line with dense black silhouettes against open white ground, a model for placing dark masses against light negative space and for sparing, precise contour work.
