Kan'yōsai Picture Album (Kan'yōsai gafu 寒葉斎画譜) : [volume 1]

Takebe, Ayatari, 1719-1774 · 1762 · Edo: Suharaya Ichibei 須原屋市兵衛 · 8 pictures

Kan'yōsai Picture Album is a volume of Japanese woodblock instructional drawings by Takebe Ayatari, published in Edo by Suharaya Ichibei in 1762 as a model book for painters and students. The pages show toads on a slope, crabs among plants, a close-cropped bird of prey in flight, and craggy rocks beside water, all rendered in confident ink lines and simple tonal wash. A designer could take from them the economy of contour drawing, where a few strokes and dark accents describe weight, texture, and motion in animals and rock.

Takebe, Ayatari, 1719-1774

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