Artist
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)Japanese, 1760–1849
CultureJapanese
Titles
- Hokusai soga
- Hokusai's Rough Sketches
Date1820
Printed inTokyo, Japan
MediumWoodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
DimensionsBlock: 8 5/8 × 5 3/4 in. (21.9 × 14.6 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/2 × 7 1/8 in. (26.7 × 18.1 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/2 × 7 1/8 in. (26.7 × 18.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Stephen Hamilton in honor of Robbie and Don Wier
Object number2013.169
Not on view
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Department
Asian ArtObject Type
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Cover: inscribed in ink, upper right: [Two hundred and thirty eight]
Inside front cover: inscribed in graphite, upper right corner: 10598 EBEM \ 229-232 \ [...].2001 1687
Inside front cover: inscribed in graphite, lower left corner: R510
Inside back cover: printed in ink, in image: [Bishu: Minoya Iroku, Bunsei 3] \ [names of five publishers]
Inside front cover: inscribed in graphite, upper right corner: 10598 EBEM \ 229-232 \ [...].2001 1687
Inside front cover: inscribed in graphite, lower left corner: R510
Inside back cover: printed in ink, in image: [Bishu: Minoya Iroku, Bunsei 3] \ [names of five publishers]
p.2: signed and dated in printed ink, in image, right side: (Bunsei year 3, month 3 ?) [artist signature]
Cover: seal in red, upper right: [seal, collector's?]
Inside front cover: seal in ink, lower left corner: [circular seal]
Inside back cover: seal printed in red, in image, lower left corner: [seal]
Inside front cover: seal in ink, lower left corner: [circular seal]
Inside back cover: seal printed in red, in image, lower left corner: [seal]
Catalogue raisonnéKokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 7 (1990), p. 307, col. 2;
Forrer (1985), pp. 188-9;
Hillier, Art of Hokusai in Book Illus. (1980), list no. 205
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Katsushika Hokusai
Designed 1836, published 1850 (Kaei 3)
Woodcut on Japanese Paper
2007.463
