Picture Album Transmitting the Spirit: The Hokusai Drawing Style (Denshin gafu Hokusai gashiki)
Medium
Set of three woodblock printed books; ink on paper
Dimensions
vol. a: 10 1/16 × 7 3/16 in. (25.5 × 18.2 cm) vol. b (orange cover): 10 9/16 × 7 3/16 in. (26.8 × 18.2 cm) vol. c: 10 1/4 × 7 1/16 in. (26 × 18 cm)
Classification
Illustrated Books
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013
Accession Number
2013.725a–c
About the Artist
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese) · 1760 –1849
Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)