百猫画譜
A Meiji-era Japanese picture book of cat studies, compiled by Kanagaki Robun and illustrated by Tachisai Hiroshige, published in 1878 by Wadō Chinsha. The pages are woodblock-style line drawings of cats in varied poses, with solid black patches for markings, many shown curled, sitting, stretching or washing. A designer could take from them the economy of contour line, flat black masses set against white, and the way a single animal is repeated across poses to show its gesture.
