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Transmitting the Spirit, Revealing the Form of Things, Volume 1 to 15 of Hokusai Sketchbooks (Denshin kaishu: Hokusai manga, shohen–jugohen) 伝神開手北斎漫画 初編-十五編

1814–78
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  • 傳神開手 北斎漫画 初編 - 十五編
  • Title: Transmitting the Spirit, Revealing the Form of Things, Volume 1 to 15 of Hokusai Sketchbooks (Denshin kaishu: Hokusai manga, shohen–jugohen) 伝神開手北斎漫画 初編-十五編
  • Artist: Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo))
  • Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
  • Date: 1814–78
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Set of fifteen woodblock printed books; ink and color on paper
  • Dimensions: each approximately: 9 × 6 1/4 in. (22.8 × 15.8 cm)
  • Classification: Illustrated Books
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013
  • Object Number: 2013.720a–s
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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