Illustrated “Anthology of Tang-Dynasty Poems” in Five-Syllable Lines (Tōshisen ehon gogon ritsu hairitsu)
An 1833 Edo woodblock book by Katsushika Hokusai, published by Kobayashi Shinbei, pairing Chinese five-syllable Tang poems in Japanese-annotated Chinese script with his black-line illustrations for a Japanese reading audience. The pages set dense vertical text blocks against scenes of scholars, travellers and pavilions in open composition. A designer might take the economical line work, the balance of calligraphic columns against framed images, and the tidy use of empty ground around figures and architecture.
