Dry brush and ink

Black-and-white Japanese manga. scratchy broken dry lines, brush blacks with bled, ragged edges, deeply chiseled facial structure, thick eyebrows, standard proportions, 6 to 7 heads tall, behind the figure plain white or one flat tone; the place shown only as distant simple shapes, heavy grim mood. No text, speech balloons, panel borders, signatures or watermarks. Subject: An adult man and woman read an unfolded scroll without lettering in an old study. Tied hair for both, plain traditional robes. Show faces and hands chest-up, a desk and window frame.

Black-and-white Japanese manga. scratchy broken dry lines, brush blacks with bled, ragged edges, deeply chiseled facial structure, thick eyebrows, standard proportions, 6 to 7 heads tall, behind the figure plain white or one flat tone; the place shown only as distant simple shapes, heavy grim mood. No text, speech balloons, panel borders, signatures or watermarks. Subject: An adult woman stands holding a small book without lettering on an old house veranda. Tied hair, plain traditional robes and sandals. Show her complete figure from head to feet, a post and ground.