1786
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
The Kanda Myojin Shrine is a 1786 by Katsushika Hokusai, a Japonisme work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing shows a shrine scene. It's from early in the artist's career. He was still signing his work as 'Shunro' back then. This was a time when he was learning and developing his style, which would later become well-known for its simplicity and detail. You can learn more about this style by looking at the work of artist: Katsushika Hokusai.
This final drawing for a woodblock print, known as a *hanshita-e*, belongs to Katsushika Hokusai’s early Shunro period (1779–1794) and is part of the earliest group of signed works from this time. Measuring in *chuban* size, the sheet features Hokusai’s signature "Shunro ga," a mark he used consistently from 1784 onward. The work was later acquired in 1910 from Mr. Hogitaro Inada and is documented in the museum’s Asia Department registers following a 2022 provenance research project.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Katsushika Hokusai spent his life in Edo, now Tokyo, where he drew and carved prints for a living.
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