The Mountains of Husband and Wife (Onyo imoseyama 阥阦妹背山)
A Japanese woodblock-printed illustrated book by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), published in Edo in 1810, drawn for a general readership of popular fiction and theatre fans. The pictures are monochrome line-and-ink blocks with dense hatching, showing figures in interiors, gardens and street scenes. A designer could take from them the economical contour line, layered stippled textures and compositional use of screens, roofs and foliage framing small figures.
