Transmitting the Spirit, Revealing the Form of Things, Volume 6 of Hokusai Sketchbooks (Denshin kaishu: Hokusai manga, gohen)
19th century
Medium
Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
8 7/8 × 6 1/4 in. (22.6 × 15.8 cm)
Classification
Illustrated Books
Culture & Period
Japan · Meiji period (1868–1912)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013
Accession Number
2013.898
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...