Pictures after Nature (Hokusai shashin gafu) 北斎写真画譜

ca. 1814

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These prints comprise two of the fifteen color illustrations in the large-scale Pictures after Nature, a deluxe folding album. All the pictures were carefully printed on heavy paper of excellent quality. Images on other pages of the album contain figures, landscapes, and animals. Here, close-up views of peonies (right) and irises (left) convey the magnificence of the natural world.

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Title: Pictures after Nature (Hokusai shashin gafu) 北斎写真画譜
Artist: Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo))
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: ca. 1814
Culture: Japan
Medium: Polychrome woodblock prints in a book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 10 × 13 1/4 × 1/4 in. (25.4 × 33.7 × 0.6 cm)
Classification: Illustrated Books
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1918
Object Number: JIB17
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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