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Sketch for a woodblock print

Sketch for a woodblock print

Sketch for a woodblock print

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

1615

Medium: Ink on paper
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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Japanese ArtmenEdo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)ArtCharles Lang Freer collection

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Three figures reading

Three figures reading

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, 1615

Dainagon Tsunenobu (Workers, beside the sea, dyeing cloth), from Hyakunin isshu ubaga etoki (A Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse)

Dainagon Tsunenobu (Workers, beside the sea, dyeing cloth), from Hyakunin isshu ubaga etoki (A Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse)

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Four fan paintings mounted on a screen; "Frog on Lotus Leaf", "Scholar in a House", "Landscape", and "Boat and Rock"

Four fan paintings mounted on a screen; "Frog on Lotus Leaf", "Scholar in a House", "Landscape", and "Boat and Rock"

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, 1800

Woodcutter

Woodcutter

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, 1615

Two women viewing the scenery

Two women viewing the scenery

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, 1840

Seated man with nobleman's cap

Seated man with nobleman's cap

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, 1615

Fisherman Tossing Bait

Fisherman Tossing Bait

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, 1615

Buddhist allegory of a priest burning cherry branches

Buddhist allegory of a priest burning cherry branches

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, 1615

Pomegranates

Pomegranates

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, 1615

A Courtier

A Courtier

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, 1615

A tree and four red torii

A tree and four red torii

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, 1615

Bridge at Yedo

Bridge at Yedo

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, 1840

Sketch for a woodblock print by Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 — VisualArtsDB