Picture Book of Chinese and Japanese Warriors (Wakan ehon sakigake 和漢 絵本魁)
Picture Book of Chinese and Japanese Warriors is a woodblock-printed illustrated book by Katsushika Hokusai, published in Edo in 1836 by Kitajima Junshirō and others for a popular readership. Its double-page spreads show warriors in dramatic action, drawn in clean black outline with sparse shading and wide blank paper, which a designer could borrow for bold line-only compositions and dynamic diagonal layouts.
