Tansei ippan
Tansei ippan is a Japanese painting manual by Taki Katei, published in Tokyo in 1894 by Yoshikawa Hanshichi, for students of ink-and-brush painting. The pages show loose sumi-ink studies of bamboo, orchids, a white bird and chrysanthemums, each with a signature and red seal. A designer can take from them the economy of single brush strokes, pale wash grounds and open negative space around a few stems or leaves.
