| KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760 - 1849) YOSHIDA ON THE TOKAIDO: THE BALCONY OF A TEAHOUSE Woodcut, from the celebrated series of the 'Thirty six Views of Mount Fuji', published by Eijudo, c. 1831-33. Forrer 1974, n. 107/32. Signed 'zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu' Very good impression, good colour. Vertical centre fold, bottom corners a little bit rubbed; otherwise in good condition. 'Oban yoko-e', 249 x 371 mm. Hokusai was the greatest of all the Japanese painters of 'Ukiyo-e'. He was a voracious student of a huge range of artistic techniques and his work covered a spectrum of art forms: polychrome or ink paintings; 'surimono' (de luxe, small-edition woodblock prints) and polychrome prints; woodblocks for all kind of illustrated books; erotic pictures. Hokusai is thought to have made in all at least 30,000 drawings and the illustrations for 500 books. He led a life of singular variety, sustained by his inexhaustible energy. |
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