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橋本雅邦 著 · 1905 · 中外図書局 · 15 pictures

A Japanese brush-painting model book (ehon) for women's normal school students, written by Hashimoto Gaho's name-form Hashimoto Masakuni 橋本雅邦 and published by Chūgai Tosho-kyoku in Tokyo in 1905. The plates are simple ink studies of plant sprigs, maple leaves and a tea bowl with a bamboo whisk and seal, drawn for students copying brushwork. A designer could take from them the economy of single-stroke botanical forms, open negative space, and the red seal placed in the corner as a framing device.

Japanese picture books (ehon)

National Diet Library, Japan (国立国会図書館) · Public Domain Mark (PDM), National Diet Library · More from this library