Chinzan Picture Album (Chinzan-ō gafu 椿山翁畫譜)
A Japanese picture album of ink-brush paintings by Tsubaki Chinzan, published in 1851 as a model book for students of painting. The pictures show sparse monochrome sketches of bamboo, orchids, chrysanthemums and rocks, each with a red seal, on plain paper. A designer could draw on the economy of these images: a few wet grey strokes that suggest leaf, stem and stone with large areas of empty ground.
