How to Draw Birds, Insects and Fish Simply (Chōjū ryakugashiki)
A Japanese woodblock-printed drawing manual by Kitao Masayoshi, published in Edo in 1797 by Suharaya Ichibei to teach amateur artists to sketch birds, insects and fish with a few economical strokes. The pages show ducks, sparrows, swallows, chickens and small songbirds in loose ink lines with pale colour washes, and a designer might borrow their spare, quick gesture and the simplified way each form is reduced to its essential shape.
