KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

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KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
Abe no Nakamaro [the poet Abe no Nakamaro] from the series Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki [One hundred poems explained by the nurse], the poet gazing at the reflection of the full moon, signed Zen Hokusai with red seal Manji, publisher's seal Eijudo and kiwame seal, good impression and colour, centre-fold
Oban yoko-e: 9¾ x 14½in. (24.8 x 36.8cm.)

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Lot Essay

Hokusai's preliminary drawing for this design, which shows the moon high in the sky rather than as a reflection in the water, is illustrated in Gian Carlo Calza ed., Hokusai Paintings: Selected Essays (Venice: The International Hokusai Research Centre, 1994), p. 74.

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