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Katsushika Hokusai

Random sketches by Hokusai (Hokusai manga): Vol. 4, 1812-1849

Description

Maker

  • School of Katsushika Hokusai, 1760-1849, Japanese
  • Tōshirō Katano, 1845 - 1894, Japanese, publisher

Title

Random sketches by Hokusai (Hokusai manga): Vol. 4

Year

1812-1849

Medium

woodblock printed book with paper wrappers, sewn

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.9 x 1.1 cm (9 x 6 5/16 x 3/8 inches) Asian Art Department Carpenter Inventory and Catalogi

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription on front cover, center left, in pencil:Mangwa 4; in same hand on the inside of front cover, top center, in pencil:3 MangwaOctagonal label adhered to inside of front cover, top right with inscription in ink: 31.394(.4)/Hokusai/Mangwa Vol. 4

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Books

Credit

Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

31.394.4

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Hokusai's Sketchbooks

May 22 - July 25, 1992

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Random sketches by Hokusai (Hokusai manga): Vol. 4 with the accession number of 31.394.4. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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