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Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Illustrated dances of the east: Vols. I and II

Maker

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese, 1760-1849, b. in Edo, Japan)
Asakusa-an Ichindo (Japanese), editor
Tsutaya Jūzaburō 蔦屋重三郎 (Japanese, 1750 - 1797), publisher

Title

Illustrated dances of the east: Vols. I and II

Period

Meiji

Year

spring 1802

Medium

  • woodblock printed book with paper covers,
  • sewn

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • woodblock printed book with paper covers,
  • sewn

Materials

ink

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Hokusai

Identification

Edition

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

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

31.395

Type

  • Books

Exhibition History

Hokusai's Sketchbooks
May 22, 1992 – Jul 25, 1992
Hokusai and His Followers
May 15, 1987 – Sep 27, 1987

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Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese, 1760-1849, b. in Edo, Japan)
Asakusa-an Ichindo (Japanese), editor
Tsutaya Jūzaburō 蔦屋重三郎 (Japanese, 1750 - 1797), publisher
Illustrated dances of the east: Vols. I and II, spring 1802
woodblock printed book with paper covers, sewn
Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Gustav Radeke 31.395

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