How to Draw Figures Simply (Jinbutsu ryakugashiki)
A Japanese woodblock drawing manual printed in Edo in 1799 by Kitao Masayoshi, intended for students learning to sketch figures quickly. Its pages show loose, colour-washed sketches of people in everyday poses, from courtiers and farmers to monks and sumo-like wrestlers, with a few animals and objects. A designer could take economical gesture, simplified silhouettes and the way a few brush lines suggest clothing folds and posture.
