Transmitting the Spirit, Revealing the Form of Things: Hokusai Sketchbooks, volume 13 (Denshin kaishu: Hokusai manga, jūsanpen)
ca. 1849
Medium
Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Overall (JIB81.13 and .14 combined): 9 × 6 1/4 × 3/4 in. (22.9 × 15.9 × 1.9 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
JIB81.13
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...