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卍翁艸筆画譜
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Manji-ô sôhitsu gafu (An Album of Cursive Drawings by Manji)
卍翁艸筆画譜
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Author: Nagao Kageyoshi (Japanese)
Publisher: Kikuya Kôsaburô (Kinkôdô)
Publisher: Kawachiya Mohei (Gungyokudô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Suzuki Eijirô (Japanese, active 1830s--40s)
Author: Nagao Kageyoshi (Japanese)
Publisher: Kikuya Kôsaburô (Kinkôdô)
Publisher: Kawachiya Mohei (Gungyokudô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Suzuki Eijirô (Japanese, active 1830s--40s)
Japanese
Edo period
preface: 1832; colophon: 1843
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book: ink on paper (includes grey tones)
Dimensions
Overall: 22.2 x 15.8 cm (8 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.); hanshibon
Credit Line
Source unidentified
Accession Number2019.914
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Catalogue Raisonné
Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 7 (1990), p. 489; Hillier, Art of Hokusai in Book Illus. (1980), list no. 257 (Hokusai manga); Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p. 264
Signed
artist signature: Saki no Hokusai Manji-ô hitsu
前北斎卍翁筆
前北斎卍翁筆
Provenance2019, accessioned by the MFA. (Accession date: October 7, 2019)