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KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI

Hokusai Manga. 5

Edo [Tokyo] 1816, 15,5x22,5cm, cousu.

First edition, rare, which can be translated under the title of Hokusai Sketches, Volume 5 15 volumes have actually appeared covering the work of Hokusai. The first was published in 1815 and the last posthumously in 1878 The final volume is considered apocryphal by some art historians. Volume contains about 30 subjects, most double-page black, gray and flesh.
Volume accordion, connected by a seam. black cover with title tag. Discolorations on the dishes. Gallery to the two thirds of the book at the center distributing 1 cm on each page. Good copy.
The Hokusai manga traient other subjects, scenes of daily life, as well as battle scenes, scenes also typically Japanese legends, animals and flowers. This volume is particularly concerned with architectural elements (gates, temples ...) and deities. "It is generally believed that after a period of intense production, Hokusai sélectionna sketches very carefully, and even redesigned a number, arranging them in the order we know today. However, maintains that the Michener page of various sketches on a given board was actually decided by the writers and editors, not by Hokusai himself. " Wikipedia. It will be recalled that the technique of Japanese prints is very close to the original design, since affixed the drawing in ink on a piece of wood that the engraver was digging, following precisely the lines of the drawing itself destroyed by this operation.

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