Teach Yourself How to Dance (Odori hitori keiko)
Odori hitori keiko is a Japanese illustrated dance manual published in 1814 in Osaka and Edo by Kawachiya Kisuke, written and drawn by the artist Sanshōsai for amateur learners who wanted to practise dance alone at home. Its double-page spreads show loose, quick ink figures in mid-gesture, each posed with fans, sleeves and trailing robes, with short kana captions beside them that name the movements. A designer could take from them the economy of a few confident brush lines that still convey weight, rhythm and motion.
