Hokusai manga
Hokusai manga is a multi-volume sketchbook of drawing models by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), published in Japan for artists and students who copied its images. The pages show trees, rocks, plants, waves and landscapes in simple printed line and grey wash, with some blocks of ink-shaded silhouette. A designer could take from them the economy of a few strokes suggesting foliage, snow-laden branches, and rippling water.
