Nagoya

Rare edition in second printing, which can be translated under the title Hokusai Sketches, volume 9. 15 volumes were indeed published covering Hokusai's work. The first was published in 1814 and the last posthumously in 1878. The final volume is considered apocryphal by some art historians. The volume contains approximately 40 subjects, most on double pages in black, grey and flesh tones. It is essential to add that one cannot determine with certainty whether this is the first printing or a later printing, because on this subject, there was no difference for the Japanese, and the publisher reprinted volumes as needed, the notion of first printing not being relevant with regard to Japanese...