Shazanrō (Bunchō) Picture Book (Shazanrō ehon 寫山樓畫本)
Shazanrō Picture Book is a set of woodblock-printed Japanese painting manuals by Tani Bunchō, published in Edo and Echigo in 1811 for artists and students of flower and bird painting. Its pages show ink-brushed chrysanthemums, a flowering branch of plum, bamboo leaves, and a sprig with a bird and blossoms in pale wash. A designer can take from them the economy of single-stroke leaves, loose ink gradations, and open white space left around a few motifs.
