Picture Book in the Katsushika Style (Ehon Katsushika-buri) by Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 — Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎. Picture Book in the Katsushika Style (Ehon Katsushika-buri), ca. 1836. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Picture Book in the Katsushika Style (Ehon Katsushika-buri)

by Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Quick Overview

Artist: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo))
Date: ca. 1836
Medium: Folding album of twenty-eight block-ready drawings (hanshita-e) for book illustrations; ink on paper with woodblock-printed borders and titles
Dimensions: 10 x 15 1/2 in. (25.4 x 39.4 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: Asian Art
Credit line: Charles Stewart Smith Collection, Gift of Mrs. Charles Stewart Smith, Charles Stewart Smith Jr., and Howard Caswell Smith, in memory of Charles Stewart Smith, 1914
Accession no.: 14.76.58.1–.25

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