1837
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Fujiwara Sanekata no Ason is a 1837 by Katsushika Hokusai, a Japonisme work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This is a delicate ink drawing of a man in robes. He stands on a patterned mat, one hand raised to his face. The lines are fine and sure, no erasures showing. This is a preparatory sketch for a woodblock print. Hokusai made many like it late in life. Only 27 prints from the series survive. The rest exist as drawings like this one. Look up Katsushika Hokusai.
This original hanshita-e drawing by Katsushika Hokusai, executed in black and white, demonstrates the artist's refined draftsmanship and meticulous detail. Measuring in the oban size, the sheet bears the signature "saki no Hokusai Manji." The work belongs to Hokusai's largest series created in his later years, with only twenty-seven completed nishiki-e prints and one monochrome proof known, while over sixty designs survive solely as preparatory drawings.
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Katsushika Hokusai spent his life in Edo, now Tokyo, where he drew and carved prints for a living.
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