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Ehon sakigake shohen
絵本魁 初編
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Ehon sakigake shohen (The Vanguard, A Picture Book)
Ehon sakigake shohen
絵本魁 初編
Author: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Kitajima Keizô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Egawa Tamekichi (Japanese)
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Kitajima Keizô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Egawa Tamekichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1836
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions
(chûbon)
Credit Line
Source unidentified
Accession Number1997.804
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 1 (1989), p. 494; Hillier, Art of Hokusai in Book Illus. (1980), list no. 245; Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p. 263
Signed
Saki no Hokusai aratame Gakyô Rôjin Manji hitsu (age 77)
Marks
Seal: mountain over water
ProvenanceBabcock Bequest (?)