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Random Sketches by Hokusai, Volume 12 by Katsushika Hokusai — VisualArtsDB

Random Sketches by Hokusai, Volume 12

Random Sketches by Hokusai, Volume 12

Katsushika Hokusai

1834

Medium: Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Overall: 9 × 6 1/4 × 1/2 in. (22.9 × 15.9 × 1.3 cm)
Genre: Illustrated Books
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Clearing Weather at Awazu (Awazu no seiran), from the series Eight Views of Omi in Etching Style (Doban Omi hakkei)

Clearing Weather at Awazu (Awazu no seiran), from the series Eight Views of Omi in Etching Style (Doban Omi hakkei)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1799

Chinese and Tartar Boys Quarreling over a Game of Go

Chinese and Tartar Boys Quarreling over a Game of Go

Katsushika Hokusai, 1785

Making Bamboo Blinds, illustration for The Bamboo-Blind Shell (Sudare-gai), from the series "A Matching Game with Genroku-period Poem Shells (Genroku kasen kai awase)"

Making Bamboo Blinds, illustration for The Bamboo-Blind Shell (Sudare-gai), from the series "A Matching Game with Genroku-period Poem Shells (Genroku kasen kai awase)"

Katsushika Hokusai, 1816

Yahagi Bridge at Okazaki on the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō Okazaki Yahagi no hashi), from the series Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyō kiran)

Yahagi Bridge at Okazaki on the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō Okazaki Yahagi no hashi), from the series Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyō kiran)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1827

The Arched Bridge at Kameido Tenjin Shrine (Kameido Tenjin Taikobashi), from the series Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyō kiran)

The Arched Bridge at Kameido Tenjin Shrine (Kameido Tenjin Taikobashi), from the series Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyō kiran)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1820

Parody of Ariwara no Narihira's eastern journey

Parody of Ariwara no Narihira's eastern journey

Katsushika Hokusai, 1798

The Sound of Wind in the Pines at Ryuto (Ryuto shoto), from the series "Eight Views of the Ryukyu Islands (Ryukyu hakkei)"

The Sound of Wind in the Pines at Ryuto (Ryuto shoto), from the series "Eight Views of the Ryukyu Islands (Ryukyu hakkei)"

Katsushika Hokusai, 1827

Pages from the illustrated book "Panoramic Views along the Banks of the Sumida River (Ehon Sumidagawa ryogan ichiran)"

Pages from the illustrated book "Panoramic Views along the Banks of the Sumida River (Ehon Sumidagawa ryogan ichiran)"

Katsushika Hokusai, 1801

Poem by Minamoto no Muneyuki Ason, from the series One Hundred poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

Poem by Minamoto no Muneyuki Ason, from the series One Hundred poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1825

Shower Below the Summit (Sanka hakuu), from the series "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Shower Below the Summit (Sanka hakuu), from the series "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Katsushika Hokusai, 1825

Poem by Minamoto no Muneyuki Ason, from the series "One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)"

Poem by Minamoto no Muneyuki Ason, from the series "One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)"

Katsushika Hokusai, 1830

Illustrated Book of Humorous Poems "Mountain on Mountain" (Ehon Kyōka yama mata yama) 絵本狂歌山満多山

Illustrated Book of Humorous Poems "Mountain on Mountain" (Ehon Kyōka yama mata yama) 絵本狂歌山満多山

Katsushika Hokusai, 1793