琢華堂画譜
A Japanese ehon picture manual published in 1880 by Takeda Denemon, with paintings by Tsubaki Chinzan and compiled by Takabatake Ranasen for students of brush painting. The pages show ink plant studies in a loose sketch style, with bare branches, blossoming plum, and a flower with its leaves, accompanied by calligraphic inscriptions. A designer could take from them the economy of single-stroke branch drawing, with negative space and inscribed text placed beside the image.
