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Making paper cords for tying hair by Katsushika Hokusai — VisualArtsDB

Making paper cords for tying hair

Making paper cords for tying hair

Katsushika Hokusai

1796–1823

Medium: Color woodblock print; ebangire, surimono
Dimensions: 19.4 × 52.4 cm (7 5/8 × 20 5/8 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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Women and children out for a picnic

Women and children out for a picnic

Katsushika Hokusai, 1760

Tago Bay near Ejiri on the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō Ejiri Tago no ura ryaku zu), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Tago Bay near Ejiri on the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō Ejiri Tago no ura ryaku zu), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1830

The Inume Pass in Kai Province (Kōshū Inume tōge), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

The Inume Pass in Kai Province (Kōshū Inume tōge), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1820

Ancient View of the Pontoon Bridge at Sano in Kozuke Province (Kozuke Sano funabashi no kozu), from the series "Unusual Views of Famous Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyo kiran)"

Ancient View of the Pontoon Bridge at Sano in Kozuke Province (Kozuke Sano funabashi no kozu), from the series "Unusual Views of Famous Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyo kiran)"

Katsushika Hokusai, 1828

Ariwara no Narihirafrom the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

Ariwara no Narihirafrom the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1830

Three (Women) Calligraphers (Sanpitsu) at a Calligraphy Reunion (Shokai)

Three (Women) Calligraphers (Sanpitsu) at a Calligraphy Reunion (Shokai)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1800

Woman Feeding a Goat with Paper

Woman Feeding a Goat with Paper

Katsushika Hokusai, 1811

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

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

Katsushika Hokusai, 1801

Sima Guang and Shibata Katsuie, from the series "Five Sibling Pictures of China and Japan for the Zakurogaki Group (Zakurogaki-ren goban no uchi wakan e-kyodai)"

Sima Guang and Shibata Katsuie, from the series "Five Sibling Pictures of China and Japan for the Zakurogaki Group (Zakurogaki-ren goban no uchi wakan e-kyodai)"

Katsushika Hokusai, 1821

Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1820

Figures Promenading on a Point of Land; Water and Boats in the Foreground

Figures Promenading on a Point of Land; Water and Boats in the Foreground

Katsushika Hokusai, 1760

Transmitting the Spirit, Revealing the Form of Things: Hokusai Sketchbooks, volume 13 (Denshin kaishu: Hokusai manga, jūsanpen)

Transmitting the Spirit, Revealing the Form of Things: Hokusai Sketchbooks, volume 13 (Denshin kaishu: Hokusai manga, jūsanpen)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1839