Transmitting the Spirit, Revealing the Form of Things: Hokusai Sketchbooks (Denshin kaishu: Hokusai manga, gohen) 伝神開手北斎漫画五編: vol. 5

Two pages from a book with drawings of men in traditional Japanese clothing. The pages are yellowed with age and have a black border around the drawings. The man on the left page faces right, with his hair in a long queue and a bun on top of his head. He sits cross-legged on the floor with a long object in front of him. The man on the right page faces forward, with his hair in a similar style. He sits on a low stool or box with his hands resting on his lap. Both men wear traditional Japanese robes. A red square seal with Japanese characters is in the upper left corner of each page. The background of the image is black.