HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Manga n. 130, 1834 sculture and waste materials

and waste materials

filtering through the branches of a willow

Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary

Printed in a total of 150 copies by the Lombardi art printing house in Rome on Fabriano handmade paper

still partly enigmatic

HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Manga n. 130, 1834 sculture and waste materialsNishiki e, color woodblock print in two shades of gray and one shade of pink (image size approx. 18 x 12. 5 cm; sheet size 19. 5 x 14 cm). Delicate impression from an edition datable to around the second half of the 19th century. Printed on Japanese paper. In perfect condition, with a small margin all around. Bibliography M. Forrer, Manga, Hazan Eds, 2014 J. A. Michener, Hokusai sketch books, Rutland and Tokyo, 1958 G. C. Calza, Hokusai, the old man