HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Manga n. 140, 1834 vasi From the left

From the left

as if the sacred image could not be contained in any predetermined space

as Smith has already asserted

” probably a proper name: however

” The location depicted has never been identified with full certainty

HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Manga n. 140, 1834 vasi From the leftNishiki 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