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Picture Album Transmitting the Spirit: The Hokusai Drawing Style (Denshin gafu Hokusai gashiki)

1819
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Picture Album Transmitting the Spirit: The Hokusai Drawing Style (Denshin gafu Hokusai gashiki)
  • Artist: Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo))
  • Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
  • Date: 1819
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
  • Dimensions: 10 1/4 × 6 3/4 in. (26 × 17.2 cm)
  • Classification: Illustrated Books
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013
  • Object Number: 2013.724
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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