蘭崖画譜
A Japanese ehon picture manual compiled by Miyake Kōei (Rangai) and published in 1881 by Gyokurindō, meant as a model book for students of painting and flower drawing. The pages show woodblock-printed plant studies with plum blossoms, orchids, camellia-like sprays and rocks, drawn in crisp outline and bold ink masses. A designer might take from them the economy of brush line, the asymmetric placement of sprigs against open white ground, and the contrast between solid dark rock and delicate flower outline.
