北斎人物画譜
A Meiji-era reprint from 1883 by publisher Sanseido of Katsushika Hokusai's figure-study picture book, showing Japanese woodblock-printed ehon for a general audience. The pages show warriors in armour, a sage at a desk among scrolls, travellers carrying loads, a ship on water, and a figure in a long robe with attendants. A designer can take from them the dynamic line work, pared-back ink contours and clustered compositions of Hokusai's figure drawing.
