Illustrated “Anthology of Tang-Dynasty Poems” in Five-Syllable Lines (Tōshisen ehon gogon ritsu hairitsu)
An 1833 Edo-published woodblock book by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), issued by the Kobayashi Shinbei firm, pairing printed Chinese-style poems in five-syllable lines with illustrations for a Japanese reading public. Its pages show spare ink-line scenes: a scholar in a tiled room, a rider on a horse along a mountain path, and rocky crags beside rippling water. A designer might take the economical brush-like line, open white space, and the way text columns sit beside small, quiet images.
