Kyōsai Sketchbook (Kyōsai manga)
Kyōsai Manga is a Japanese woodblock sketchbook of manga-style drawings made in 1881 by Kawanabe Gyōsai (1831-1889) for a general readership of artists and print buyers. Its pictures show crowds of goblins, tengu, and mythical creatures, along with demons, animals, and insects drawn in loose, humorous line; a designer might take their dynamic movement and crowded compositions as a model for energetic, dense character arrangements.
