Tansei Ippan (Tansei ippan 丹青一斑) : [volume 3 of five]

Taki, Katei, 1832-1901 · 1896 · Tokyo : Yoshikawa Hanshichi · 5 pictures

Tansei Ippan is volume three of a five-volume Japanese painting manual by Taki Katei (1832-1901), published in Tokyo by Yoshikawa Hanshichi in 1896 as a teaching aid for brush painters. Its pages show ink and colour sketches of flowers, bamboo, plants and birds, each reduced to a few confident brushstrokes with a red seal and calligraphic inscription beside them. A designer could take from them the economy of single-stroke drawing, the use of pale wash with dark ink masses, and the placement of small red seals as accents.

Painting -- Technique · Teaching -- Aids and devices

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