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中等毛筆画帖 第3巻

橋本雅邦 著 · 1905 · 中外図書局 · 21 pictures

A Japanese brush-painting instruction album (中等毛筆画帖 volume 3) by Hashimoto Gaho, published in Tokyo in 1905 by Chugai Tosho Kyoku for students learning ink and brush technique. Its pictures are reproduced as faint, grainy plates of botanical studies: willow-like drooping leaves, a lanceolate leaf sprig, a rose with bud and leaves, and iris-like blades, showing how loose ink strokes build up leaf and stem forms that a designer could borrow for quick botanical line work.

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