Kansai gafu
Kansai gafu is a Japanese illustrated sketchbook by Ichikawa Raijirō, published in Tokyo in 1891 by Meguro Isaburō and partners for a general readership of artists and print buyers. Its pages are line drawings of Buddhist and Daoist figures, travellers and rural landscapes, printed in black ink on cream paper with plain ruled frames. A designer could draw on its economical brushwork, clear silhouettes and the way groups of figures are arranged within a single page.
