HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Manga n. 131, 1834 sculture sperimentò tutte le arti dalla

sperimentò tutte le arti dalla poesia

in the footsteps of Gauguin and Émile Bernard

the plate embodies one of the recurring themes of the artist: the formal resonance between the human body and the silhouette of Fuji

who then encouraged him to dedicate himself to prints

and many woodblock prints

HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Manga n. 131, 1834 sculture sperimentò tutte le arti dallaNishiki e, color woodblock print in two shades of gray and one shade of pink (image size approx. 18 x 12. 5 cm; sheet size 19. 5 x 14 cm). Delicate impression from an edition datable to around the second half of the 19th century. Printed on Japanese paper. In perfect condition, with a small margin all around. Bibliography M. Forrer, Manga, Hazan Eds, 2014 J. A. Michener, Hokusai sketch books, Rutland and Tokyo, 1958 G. C. Calza, Hokusai, the old man