Bunpō Picture Album (Bunpō gafu 文鳳画譜), First Series : [volume 2]

Kawamura, Bunpō, 1779-1821 · 1807 · Kyoto : Yoshidaya Shinbei 吉田屋新兵衛; Osaka : Kawachiya Kihei 河内屋喜兵衛 · 9 pictures

Bunpō Picture Album, volume 2 of the first series, is a Japanese woodblock painting manual by Kawamura Bunpō, published in Kyoto and Osaka in 1807 for artists and students learning brush technique. Its double-page spreads show trees, hillside houses, a seated scholar and an old man with a staff, drawn in loose ink washes and bold outlines. A designer can take from these the economical brushwork, where a few strokes suggest bamboo foliage, pine branches and a figure's robes.

Kawamura, Bunpō, 1779-1821

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