Transmitting the Spirit, Revealing the Form of Things, Volume 7 (Denshin kaishu: Hokusai manga, nanahen 傳神開手 北斎漫画七編)
This is a 1817 woodblock-printed volume of landscape sketches by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), published in Nagoya by Eirakuya Tōshirō for a popular audience of artists and readers. The double-page spreads show rocky islands, cliffs, shorelines, and sparse trees rendered in fine, economical ink lines with light grey wash, offering a designer a clear model for reducing natural scenery to a few confident contours and open negative space.
