HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Manga n. 129, 1834 sculture in the sky

in the sky

texts by Guillame Apollinaire and Blaise Cendras

but it may suggest an unidentified ritual today

confirming the dialogue between poetry and image that characterizes Hokusai's work

the shogunate's capital

HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Manga n. 129, 1834 sculture in the skyNishiki 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