1808 Japanese Woodblock Print Book by Hokusai

1808 Japanese Woodblock Print Book by Hokusai

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Start time	06/21/2008
End time	06/28/2008
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1808 Japanese Woodblock Print Book by Hokusai a.imagelink {color:#000000;} a:hover.imagelink {color:#000000;} a:visited.imagelink {color:#999690;} a.imagelink img.auctionimage { border: 2px solid #000000; } a:visited.imagelink img.auctionimage { border: 2px solid #999690; } This is a beautiful Japanese Woodblock Print Book - TOP RARE -Sanshichi Zenden Nanka No Yume - 4 -Artist : Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)  Date : Bunka-5 (1808) Printed : Meiji-17 (1884) Publisher : Tokyo Hishi SyutsupanSize  : 5 4/5"x8 3/5" (W 15.0cmxH 22.0cm) Book size.Condition : Very Good for its age. (There are a few stain, rubbed and wrinkle with age. The cover is stain and rubbed with age. the stamp mark were erased - see pic.5, 6. ) Please see the pictures.Page : 48 pages (6 pages illustrations by Hokusai. - woodblock print) 42 pages others - typography Impression : Excellent +++Sanshichi zenden nanka no yume : UNION CATALOGUE OF EARLY JAPANESE BOOKS IN EUROPEKatsushika HokusaiHokusai had a long career, but he produced most of his important work after the age of 60. His most popular work is ukiyo-e series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku Sanjurokkei), which was created between 1826 and 1833. It consists of 46 images (10 of them added later), but he produced outstanding pictures of almost every kind of subject - flowers, birds and scenery from legends and everyday life.                                                                                                                                            Hokusai was born in Edo (now Tokyo) in the 9th month of the 10th year of the period Horeki (October-November, 1760) to an artisan family. His father, Nakajima Issai, was a mirror-maker. At age eighteen, after some practice as a wood-engraver, he entered the studio of Katsukawa Shunsho, a painter and designer of color prints. His disregard for the artistic principles of his master caused his expulsion in 1785.Between 1796 and 1802 he produced perhaps as many as 30,000 book illustrations and color prints. He often drew inspiration from the Japanese ordinary life, traditions and legends. In 1824 he published the book New Forms for Design, and his designs have inspired many Sashiko quilting patterns. Hokusai's most typical wood-block prints, silkscreens, and landscape paintings were done between 1830 and 1840.Although from time to time Hokusai studied various styles, he maintained stylistic independence thereafter. For a time he lived in extreme poverty, and, although he must have gained sums for his work which might have secured him comfort, he remained poor, and to the end of his life proudly described himself as a peasant.He was an eager student to the end of his long life, and said on his deathbed, "If Heaven had lent me but five years more, I would have become a great painter." He died on May 10, 1849.After his death, copies of some of his woodblock prints were sent to the West, and along with the works of other ukiyo-e artists, influenced such Western masters as Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin.Katsushika Hokusai is generally more appreciated in Western culture than in Japan. Many works of Japanese printmakers were imported to Europe, especially Paris in the mid-19th century. They were collected and popular among impressionist artists as Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, whose works bear signs of influence by Japanese art.Perhaps his most recognized work is the woodblock "In the Hollow of a Wave off the Coast at Kanagawa." The scene is of a great wave about to devour the men and boats, with the distant Mount Fuji minimized by the size of the wave. It is said to be a snapshot picture of a day of labor; one can see surprised men on barges, carrying fish. The waves in this work are sometimes mistakenly referred to as tsunami, but they are more accurately called okinami, great off-shore waves.                                            We are listing several items today, win multiple items and save on shipping.Ukiyo-e / woodblock Ukiyo-e / woodblock US$19.99- Thanks for looking, and good luck!Ukiyo-e / woodblock Print Book  SHIPPING & HANDLINGWe offer a shipping option:AIR MAIL (Standard/ 1-2 weeks) is US$ 10.00 (Registered) to Europe, N America and Asia. 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