(564) GADOUHITORIGEIKO [調べる]
Today, I'd like to introduce an old book. This book is for children who want to learn drawing. Katsushika Hokusai, one of famous Ukiyoe artists made this book. I got to know of this book from a guide leaflet of Shiki Museum. Masaoka Shiki was born in Matsuyama about 150 years ago. He was a leading haiku poet. When he was small, he liked drawing and painting pictures. He begged his mother to learn to paint, but she would not allow it. So, he tried to learn drawing by himself. When he was 11 years old, he copied the whole book of "GadoHitoriGeiko" (画道独稽古) borrowed from a friend. This title of the book means teach yourself how to draw pictures. Here are Shiki's copy and the original.
I got interested in this book, so I will talk about this. This page explains how to use this book.
The reason why these Chinese characters of mountain（山）in the head note, are numbered first（一）, second（二）, and third（三） is to show how the picture should be drawn.
The Kyoka poem written next to the picture instructs how to draw the picture with characters. Please look at the poem and the notes at the top to understand. Here is a picture as an example to give you an overview. Use this as a reference to understand the instructions of other pictures.
The reason why these Chinese characters of mountain（山）in the head note, are numbered first（一）, second（二）, and third（三） is to show how the picture should be drawn.
The Kyoka poem written next to the picture instructs how to draw the picture with characters. Please look at the poem and the notes at the top to understand. Here is a picture as an example to give you an overview. Use this as a reference to understand the instructions of other pictures.
Turning pages, I found the samurai's page.
These show that this book consists of quick lessens in simplified drawings.
These show that this book consists of quick lessens in simplified drawings.
This page shows how to draw a samurai. In the head note two sets of drawings parts. These parts are characters. All of them are numbered. If you start drawing each part in order. You can finish the picture of a samurai looking at Mt. Fuji with two cranes flying over. There are two Kyoka poems. One is the instruction for drawing Mt. Fuji and cranes. The other is for the samurai sitting on his heels.
DAIHACHINI
SHOHACHIKASANETE
FUJINOYAMA
UEHENITSURUNO
MAIWATARUNARI
DAIHACHINI
SHOHACHIKASANETE
FUJINOYAMA
UEHENITSURUNO
MAIWATARUNARI
Putting the small eight on the big eight
Mt. Fuji appears
Two cranes are flying away
Mt. Fuji appears
Two cranes are flying away
MITSUNOYAMA
KASHICHIGANAKANI
TUMIAGETE
MARUNITSUCHINOSE
MIRUOREIMONO
Three mountains(山) are piles up
Between two characters of ka(か) and seven(七)
Adding the character of soil(土) on a circle
Makes a polite samurai surveying the view
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Between two characters of ka(か) and seven(七)
Adding the character of soil(土) on a circle
Makes a polite samurai surveying the view
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