Chōbijō
Chōbijō is a Japanese art book compiled by Shimura Masanori and published in Tōkyō by the Nihon Bijutsu Kyōkai in 1902, presenting pre-1868 Japanese painting for a collector and art-historical readership. Its three plates are plain ink-wash style landscapes and studies: a bamboo grove in tall vertical format, a second bamboo study with bent stalks, and a misty mountain and river scene with a small boat, all on a warm cream ground. A designer could take from them the economy of single-line brushwork, generous negative space, and the tall narrow panel format.
