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画本彩色通 二編
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Ehon saishiki tsû, nihen (The Knowledge of Color, Part Two)
画本彩色通 二編
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Author: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Author of preface: Hôkaishi (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kobayashi Shinbei (Japanese)
Author: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Author of preface: Hôkaishi (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kobayashi Shinbei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
preface: 1847
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 18.2 x 12.8 cm (7 3/16 x 5 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Source unidentified
Accession Number2019.1011
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. 263; Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p. 265
Signed
artist signature:Gakyô Rôjin Manji hitsu
画狂老人卍筆
画狂老人卍筆
Provenance2019, accessioned by the MFA. (Accession date: October 7, 2019)