Transmitting the Spirit, Revealing the Form of Things, Volume 1 to 15 of Hokusai Sketchbooks (Denshin kaishu: Hokusai manga, shohen - jugohen)
A woodblock sketchbook of Hokusai's manga, published in Edo in 1848 by Kadomaruya Jinsuke, offering practice drawings for amateur artists and students. The pages show ink landscapes of rocky outcrops, distant mountains, pine groves, pagoda-like buildings and gnarled trees, drawn with loose, economical strokes and soft grey wash. A designer can take from them a sparse, open approach to composition, with much of the page left as empty mist and water.
