Handscroll with Miscellaneous Images

Object Details

• Artist

  Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

• School/Tradition

  Ukiyo-e

• Description

  Hokusai. Miscellaneous subjects: fishes, flowers, figures, landscapes, etc.

  Color. Inscription. Signature. Three seals. Paper makimono.

• Signatures

  Gakyō rōjin Manji hitsu 画狂老人卍筆

• Marks

  Artist's seal below signature: Katsushika (type 3)

  Artist's seal below signature: Katsushika (type 3)

• Inscriptions

  Tenpō jū tsuchinoto i no fuyu Gakyō rōjin Manji hitsu yowai hachijū 天保十己亥冬画狂老人卍筆齢八十

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Hokusai: Mad About Painting (November 20, 2019 to January 9, 2022)

  Bountiful Waters: Aquatic Life in Japanese Art (March 8 to September 14, 2014)

  Seasons: Arts of Japan (February 5, 2011 to January 13, 2013)

  Freer: A Taste for Japanese Art (July 1, 2006 to January 1, 2007)

  Hokusai (October 25, 2005 to May 14, 2006)

  Japanese Ukiyo-e Painting (May 2, 1973 to July 1, 1974)

  Japanese Art, Galleries 3, 4, and 5 (January 1, 1963 to September 16, 1970)

  Ukiyo-e Exhibition (August 7, 1961 to January 1, 1963)

  Hokusai Bicentennial Exhibition (March 30, 1960 to August 16, 1961)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Painting

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• Name

  Katsushika, Hokusai

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Surimono, Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Animals, Fishes, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Birds, Ukiyo-e, Plants, Flowers, Makimono

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings