Picture Book of the Pleasures of the East (Ehon azuma asobi) 画本東都遊

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 Japanese

[1802] (Kyōwa 2)

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画本東都遊
Title: Picture Book of the Pleasures of the East (Ehon azuma asobi) 画本東都遊
Artist: Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo))
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: [1802] (Kyōwa 2)
Culture: Japan
Medium: Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions: 10 7/16 × 7 1/16 in. (26.5 × 18 cm)
Classification: Illustrated Books
Credit Line: Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013
Object Number: 2013.711
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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