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Original woodblock printed Hokusai Manga book. Pale brown covers with cracks and staining, stab-bound with grey thread all but top right corner missing/removed. [numbered lable on cover, upside-down:] 621 ; P-9 [handwritten in pencil on cover:] 9.

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese printmaker, painter, 1760-1849) is noted for Edo period works of ukiyo-e ('pictures of the floating world') in painting and printmaking. He had a long career of over 70 years and is thought to have created over 30,000 drawings and illustrations for 500 books under multiple names typically associated with shifts in production and style. Since the late 19th century, his work has had a significant impact on Western artists, including Gauguin and van Gogh. Hokusai is best-known as creater of the iconic and internationally recognized woodblock print The Great Wave off Kanagawa, created during the 1820s.

Publication Date

1878

Keywords

Japanese printmaking; woodblock printing; Hokusai; manga

Disciplines

Art and Design

Style / Period

Late Edo; Ukiyo-e

Materials / Techniques

books; woodblock printing (relief printing process); Japanese paper (handmade paper); Japanese printmaking styles; stab-bound

Measurements

width: 6.10 inches, height: 8.85 inches

Work Type

woodcuts (prints)

Binding

Traditional format; fukuro-toji; double leaves

RISD Fleet Library Catalog Record

https://librarycat.risd.edu/record=b1234229~S4

Source

Gorham Manufacturing Company Design Library. Gift of Lenox Inc.

Hokusai Manga (北斎漫画), Vol. 11

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