Zhuangzi (Japanese: Soshi), from the series "Shunshoku ressenkyo"
Teisai Hokuba
c. 1801/18
Medium
Color woodblock print; kokonotsugiri-ban, surimono
Dimensions
14.8 × 19.5 cm (5 7/8 × 7 11/16 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
60554
About the Artist
Teisai Hokuba · 1771–1844
Teisai Hokuba (1771–1844) was a Japanese artist of the Edo period who worked in the tradition of ukiyo-e, the celebrated school of woodblock prints and paintings that depicted the floating world of urban pleasure, theater, landscape, and daily life. A devoted pupil of Katsushika Hokusai — one of the towering figures in the history of Japanese art — Hokuba adopted the prefix of his master's name as...