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Katsushika Hokusai

Illustrated dances of the east: Vol. 2, spring 1802

Description

Maker

Title

Illustrated dances of the east: Vol. 2

Year

spring 1802

Medium

Illustrated woodblock-printed book

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

Dimensions

26.5 x 17.5 x .6 cm (10 7/16 x 6 7/8 x 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription on inside of back cover, top center in pencil: Adzuma Asobi/Hokusai 2[illegible]

Octagonal label adhered to inside of front cover, top right with inscription in ink: 31.395.2/Hokusai/Adzuma Asobi

Identification

Edition

2nd and revised edition of the 1799 title according to L. N. Brown

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

31.395.2

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Surimono from Osaka and Edo

May 23 - October 5, 2008

The book by Hokusai is a kyōkabon, an illustrated collection of the kyōka poetry (“crazy verse”) that was so often the source for visual imagery and inscribed texts on surimono. Books of this type were produced beginning in the late 18th century.

The prints all illustrate still-life subjects, which first became popular in the early decades of the 19th century, when the square shikishiban surimono format flourished. To show how such objects actually looked, the mirror is exhibited next to a New Year’s surimono depicting a similar object.

Marking the Occasion

February 3 - May 28, 2006

This early book by Hokusai is a kyōkabon, an illustrated collection of the kyōka poetry (“mad verse”) that was so often the source for the visual imagery and inscribed texts of surimono. Books of this type were widely produced beginning in the late 18th century.

Marking the Occasion

September 15 - December 3, 2000

This early book by Hokusai is a kyōkabon, an illustrated collection of the kyōka poetry (“mad verse”) that was so often the source for the visual imagery and inscribed texts of surimono. Books of this type were produced beginning in the late 18th century.

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Illustrated dances of the east: Vols. I and II, 1880's

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