Transmitting the Spirit, Revealing the Form of Things, Volume 6 (Denshin kaishu: Hokusai manga, rokuhen 傳神開手 北斎漫画六編)
This is a Japanese woodblock sketchbook volume from 1817 by Katsushika Hokusai, published in Nagoya by Eirakuya Tōshirō for a general readership of artists and craftsmen. Its double-page spreads show ink-outlined figures in action: men fighting with swords and staves, archers drawing bows, and figures firing guns and camping, each set in a loose sequence of poses. A designer could draw on these for dynamic figure studies, clear gesture sequences, and economical line work.
