小学日本画帖 : 高等科用 巻７
A Meiji-era Japanese drawing manual by Fukada Naki (深田直城), published by Saikinsha in 1900 for advanced students at the elementary level, as its title 小学日本画帖 高等科用 indicates. Its pictures are ink-brush style studies of rocky islands with pines, a carp swimming among waves, a pavilion beside pines, and plum blossoms with a dark rock, drawn with clean outlines, sparse washes and seal marks. A designer could take from them the economy of negative space, the tonal contrast between solid ink masses and fine line, and the placement of single motifs against empty water or sky.
