Transmitting the Spirit, Revealing the Form of Things: Hokusai Sketchbooks, volume 12 (Denshin kaishu: Hokusai manga, jūnihen)

Katsushika Hokusai Japanese

1834

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Title: Transmitting the Spirit, Revealing the Form of Things: Hokusai Sketchbooks, volume 12 (Denshin kaishu: Hokusai manga, jūnihen)
Artist: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo))
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: 1834
Culture: Japan
Medium: Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Overall: 9 × 6 1/4 × 3/8 in. (22.9 × 15.9 × 1 cm)
Classification: Illustrated Books
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1931
Object Number: JIB81.12
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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