HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Ippitsu Gafu n. 23, 1823 sculture differed in numerous details and

differed in numerous details and constituted a sort of “carnival of foreigners

and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law required

a traditional practice aimed at preserving the wood from moisture and marine rot

The art of Hokusai in book illustration

and some interpreters suggest that it may be a pair of workers (a man with a hoe on the left and a woman on the right)

HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Ippitsu Gafu n. 23, 1823 sculture differed in numerous details andStunning proof with bright colors and subtle marks, attributable to the print run of Eirakuya Tshir (early Meiji era) from the original woodblocks. Printed on Japanese paper, in excellent condition, with original untrimmed margins beyond the marginal line. Annotated Bibliography M. Forrer, Hokusai, Munich: Prestel Verlag, 2010 M. Forrer, Hokusai, New York: Rizzoli, 1988 M. Forrer, Hokusai. Prints and Drawings, Munich: Prestel, 1991 G. C. Calza,