HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Manga n. 157, 1834 vasi Perhaps the food was prepared

Perhaps the food was prepared in the restaurant above and is being sent down to the detached building below to be distributed among the customers in the garden

he combines comedic or mysterious scenes with particular techniques such as embossing

on foot in the woods

The latter is painted with a few essential brush strokes

conosciuto come Ubasoku

HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Manga n. 157, 1834 vasi Perhaps the food was preparedNishiki e, color woodblock print in two shades of gray and one 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 mad