Transmitting the Spirit, Revealing the Form of Things: Hokusai Sketchbooks, volume 11 (Denshin kaishu: Hokusai manga, jūichihen)
Medium
Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 9 × 6 1/4 × 3/8 in. (22.9 × 15.9 × 1 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, 1931
Accession Number
JIB81.11
Tags
Art Historical Context
Katsushika Hokusai’s *Transmitting the Spirit, Revealing the Form of Things: Hokusai Sketchbooks, volume 11* belongs to the celebrated *Manga* series, a collection of woodblock-printed books produced during Japan’s Edo period (1615–1868). Created with ink and color on paper, these volumes showcase Hokusai’s extraordinary range as a draftsman, capturing everything from lively animals to everyday objects and human activities. The presence of horses and arrows in this volume reflects the artist’s fascination with dynamic movement and the natural world, rendered through fluid lines and economical ...
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...