Handscroll with Miscellaneous Images

Hokusai. Miscellaneous subjects: fishes, flowers, figures, landscapes, etc.
Color. Inscription. Signature. Three seals. Paper makimono.

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Maker(s): Artist: Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760 - 1849)

Historical period(s): Edo period, 1839

School: Ukiyo-e School

Medium: Ink and color on paper

Dimensions: H x W (overall): 37.2 x 1434 cm (14 5/8 x 564 9/16 in)

Geography: Japan

Credit Line: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number: F1902.42

On View Location: Freer Gallery 08: Hokusai: Mad About Painting

Classification(s): Painting

Type: Handscroll

Keywords: bird, Edo period (1615 - 1868), fish, flower, Japan, makimono, plant, surimono, ukiyo-e

Provenance: Provenance information is currently unavailable

Previous Owner(s): Hayashi Tadamasa (C.L. Freer source) French (born Japan), 1853 - 1906
Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919

Description: Hokusai. Miscellaneous subjects: fishes, flowers, figures, landscapes, etc.
Color. Inscription. Signature. Three seals. Paper makimono.

Inscription(s): 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

Marking(s): Artist's seal below signature: Katsushika (type 3)
Collector's seal upper right corner on first sheet: Hayashi Tadamasa zo no in

Published References

The Artistic Journey of Yasuo Kuniyoshi. Exh. cat. .
Jack Hillier. Hokusai Drawings. London. pl. 82.
Harold P. Stern. Hokusai: Paintings and Drawings in the Freer Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. Washington. cat. 8, p. 18.
Ann Yonemura et al. Hokusai: Volume Two. Exh. cat. Washington, 2006. cat. 118, p. 34, 87.
Ann Yonemura. Hokusai: Volume One. Exh. cat. Washington, 2006. cat. 106, pp. 155-163.
Harold P. Stern. Ukiyo-e Painting. Exh. cat. Washington and Baltimore, 1973. cat. 97, pp. 260-261.

Collection Area(s): Japanese Art

Web Resources: Google Cultural Institute

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