Transmitting the Spirit, Revealing the Form of Things, Volume 1 to 15 of Hokusai Sketchbooks (Denshin kaishu: Hokusai manga, shohen - jugohen)
A Japanese woodblock sketchbook by Katsushika Hokusai, published in Nagoya in 1848 by Eirakuya Tōshirō, collecting his manga studies of figures, animals and everyday scenes for popular readers and artists. The double-page spreads show quick brush-derived line drawings of people, spiders in webs, a serpent, and mountain animals, with loose hatching and wash; a designer could take their economical outline style, dynamic poses and wit.
