Picture Book of New Designs for the Various Crafts (Shōshoku ehon Katsushika shin hinagata 諸職絵本葛飾新鄙形)
A Japanese woodblock pattern book published in Edo in 1836 under Hokusai's name, aimed at artisans in the various crafts. Its pages show costumed figures with annotated kimono patterns, geometric diagrams, and mythic creatures, with the printed Japanese text beside them. A designer could draw on the dense kimono motifs, the dragon-like forms, and the diagrammatic layouts of its pages.
