HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Ippitsu Gafu n. 31, 1823 vasi on the left two officials

on the left two officials with their attendants

These follow stylistic canons passed down over time

houses were swept of the remnants of the past year and beans were thrown into the corners with the invocation “Oni wa soto fuku wa uchi” (“Out with the demons

I rifugi in cui i pellegrini si riposavano durante la salita non erano in realtà grotte come quelle rappresentate qui

autore di celebri versi dedicati al Fuji: «Tago no ura ni / uchidete mireba / mashiro no zu / Fuji no takane ni / yuki wa furitsutsu» («Passando sulla spiaggia di Tago

HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Ippitsu Gafu n. 31, 1823 vasi on the left two officialsSeries: Collection of sketches with a single brushstroke; Conveying the spirit and revealing the form of things through the album of drawings with a single brushstroke (Denshin kaishu Ippitsu Gafu) Technique: Sumizuri e, woodblock prints in two or three tones of pink, turquoise, and black Format: Chubon (approximately mm 174x122) Signatures: Zen Hokusai Iitsu Aratame Gakyorojin Manji Artist's seal: Fuji no Yama Dates: Woodblocks carved around 1823;