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Katsushika Hokusai

Canary and herbaceous peony, ca. 1834

Description

Maker

Katsushika Hokusai, 1760-1849, Japanese

Title

Canary and herbaceous peony

Year

ca. 1834

Medium

ink on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Supports

paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 27.2 x 19.1 cm (10 11/16 x 7 1/2 inches) chuban; Mat size: B

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription at right.
[text and poems]
color notations in katakana syllabary

Place

Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.484

Exhibition History

Process and Function

January 19 - May 27, 2007

This drawing resembles the Hokusai print to the left, although it is not the artist's original design for that work. Since it is inscribed with color notations, it also indicates how a sketch could be used by the publisher and block cutter in the print production process.

Hokusai's Sketchbooks

May 22 - July 25, 1992

Use

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