Original woodcut in two shades of grey and one of pink; J.A. Michener, The Hokusai Sketch-Books. Selections from the Manga, Rutland and Tokyo, 1958, pp. 216–240; Koban format; 180 × 130 mm
A fine print from the Manga collection, a fifteen-volume series published between 1814 and 1878 (the last three volumes posthumously).
The series was conceived by Hokusai to illustrate every aspect of Japan: from folklore to architecture, and from flora to fauna. The sheets in the collection served as a manual for apprentice artists, providing a wide range of ideas for tackling any kind of subject.
This sheet, printed on Japanese paper, comes from volume IV.
Good, irregular margins all round.
Rif. 7448