World of Fine Arts (Bijutsu Sekai) : [volume 5]

Watanabe, Seitei, 1851-1918 · 1891 · Tokyo : Shun’yōdō 春陽堂 · 15 pictures

This is a Japanese picture album from 1891, published in Tokyo by Shun'yōdō and made by the artist Watanabe Seitei, probably for art students and craftspeople. Its double-page spreads show ink-line sketches with light colour, including a figure carrying a bundle on a road, a rain-streaked scene with a sheltered traveller, and a robed monk pulling a long flowing sleeve. A designer could take from them the economical brush line, loose figure gesture, and open white space around small scenes.

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