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Boy releasing a kite by Katsushika Hokusai — VisualArtsDB

Boy releasing a kite

Boy releasing a kite

Katsushika Hokusai

1795–1815

Medium: Color woodblock print; ebangire, surimono
Dimensions: 20.1 × 53.4 cm (7 7/8 × 21 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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Groups of Mountain Climbers (Shojin tozan), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Groups of Mountain Climbers (Shojin tozan), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1820

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Katsushika Hokusai, 1760

The Suspension Bridge on the Border of Hida and Etchū Provinces (Hietsu no sakai tsuribashi), from the series Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyō kiran)

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Katsushika Hokusai, 1820

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Li Bai (Japanese: Ri Haku), from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)"

Katsushika Hokusai, 1828

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Random Sketches by Hokusai, Volume 12

Katsushika Hokusai, 1834

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Flowers and spring greens in a hat

Katsushika Hokusai, 1796

Yokkaichi, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

Yokkaichi, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

Katsushika Hokusai, 1801

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Transmitting the Spirit, Revealing the Form of Things: Hokusai Sketchbooks, volume 2 (Denshin kaishu: Hokusai manga, nihen )

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Canary and Peony, from an untitled series

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An Autumn Gift

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