Illustrated "Anthology of Tang-Dynasty Poems" in Five-Syllable Lines (Tōshisen ehon gogon ritsu hairitsu 画本唐詩選五言律排律)
A Japanese woodblock-printed picture book of 1836 by Katsushika Hokusai, published in Edo by Kobayashi Shinbei as an illustrated edition of Tang-dynasty poems in five-syllable lines, meant for readers of classical Chinese verse. The spreads are ink line drawings on cream paper showing villages, thatched roofs, pines, mountain paths, a pavilion courtyard and a rooster on a tiled roof, with armoured figures and a small hut in the scenes. A designer might borrow their economical contour line, open negative space, and the way a single rooftop or tree anchors a whole composition.
