Illustrated Book of Domestic Manners (Ehon teikin ōrai) 絵本庭訓往来
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1828
Medium
Three volumes; ink on paper
Dimensions
9 × 6 1/4 × 1/2 in. (22.9 × 15.9 × 1.3 cm)
Classification
Illustrated Books
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1918
Accession Number
JIB11a–c
About the Artist
Katsushika Hokusai · 1760–1849
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) stands as one of history's most influential artists, a Japanese master who revolutionized the ukiyo-e woodblock print tradition and profoundly shaped Western art. Born in the Katsushika district of Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to an artisan family, Hokusai lived through nearly nine decades of extraordinary creative evolution, adopting over thirty different artistic names t...