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

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 Japanese

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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.

Pictures after Nature (Hokusai shashin gafu) 北斎写真画譜, Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), Polychrome woodblock prints in a book; ink and color on paper, Japan

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Pictures after Nature (Hokusai shashin gafu) 北斎写真画譜, Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), Polychrome woodblock prints in a book; ink and color on paper, Japan
Pictures after Nature (Hokusai shashin gafu) 北斎写真画譜, Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), Polychrome woodblock prints in a book; ink and color on paper, Japan
Pictures after Nature (Hokusai shashin gafu) 北斎写真画譜, Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), Polychrome woodblock prints in a book; ink and color on paper, Japan
Pictures after Nature (Hokusai shashin gafu) 北斎写真画譜, Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), Polychrome woodblock prints in a book; ink and color on paper, Japan
Pictures after Nature (Hokusai shashin gafu) 北斎写真画譜, Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), Polychrome woodblock prints in a book; ink and color on paper, Japan
Pictures after Nature (Hokusai shashin gafu) 北斎写真画譜, Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), Polychrome woodblock prints in a book; ink and color on paper, Japan
Pictures after Nature (Hokusai shashin gafu) 北斎写真画譜, Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), Polychrome woodblock prints in a book; ink and color on paper, Japan
Pictures after Nature (Hokusai shashin gafu) 北斎写真画譜, Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), Polychrome woodblock prints in a book; ink and color on paper, Japan
Pictures after Nature (Hokusai shashin gafu) 北斎写真画譜, Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), Polychrome woodblock prints in a book; ink and color on paper, Japan
Pictures after Nature (Hokusai shashin gafu) 北斎写真画譜, Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), Polychrome woodblock prints in a book; ink and color on paper, Japan
Pictures after Nature (Hokusai shashin gafu) 北斎写真画譜, Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), Polychrome woodblock prints in a book; ink and color on paper, Japan
Pictures after Nature (Hokusai shashin gafu) 北斎写真画譜, Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), Polychrome woodblock prints in a book; ink and color on paper, Japan
Pictures after Nature (Hokusai shashin gafu) 北斎写真画譜, Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), Polychrome woodblock prints in a book; ink and color on paper, Japan
Pictures after Nature (Hokusai shashin gafu) 北斎写真画譜, Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), Polychrome woodblock prints in a book; ink and color on paper, Japan
Pictures after Nature (Hokusai shashin gafu) 北斎写真画譜, Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), Polychrome woodblock prints in a book; ink and color on paper, Japan
Pictures after Nature (Hokusai shashin gafu) 北斎写真画譜, Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), Polychrome woodblock prints in a book; ink and color on paper, Japan
Pictures after Nature (Hokusai shashin gafu) 北斎写真画譜, Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), Polychrome woodblock prints in a book; ink and color on paper, Japan
Pictures after Nature (Hokusai shashin gafu) 北斎写真画譜, Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), Polychrome woodblock prints in a book; ink and color on paper, Japan
Pictures after Nature (Hokusai shashin gafu) 北斎写真画譜, Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), Polychrome woodblock prints in a book; ink and color on paper, Japan
Pictures after Nature (Hokusai shashin gafu) 北斎写真画譜, Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), Polychrome woodblock prints in a book; ink and color on paper, Japan
Pictures after Nature (Hokusai shashin gafu) 北斎写真画譜, Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), Polychrome woodblock prints in a book; ink and color on paper, Japan

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