光琳画譜
Published in 1893 by Seikodo in Tokyo, this Japanese picture book (ehon) reproduces the painting of Ogata Korin, reduced in scale by Fukui Gekkai (Kinjiro). The pictures are blotchy, high-contrast reproductions showing plum or tree branches with clustered blossoms, a figure with a flowing robe, a dark tree canopy, and a hillside with a small hut, and a designer might take from them the loose, asymmetrical composition of Rinpa painting with its wide empty space and ink-blot tonal contrast.
