Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾 北斎) (1760–1849)
“Dragon” & “Two Phoenixes”, 1815, two woodblock illustrations from "Hokusai's Sketches" (北斎漫画) (aka “Hokusai Manga”; “Ten Thousand Sketches by Hokusai: Ehon”), vol. 2, (right plate) page 5 and (left plate) page 6, published in Nagoyaby by Eirakuya Tōshirō (永楽屋東四郎) (fl.1813–1842) (see http://pulverer.si.edu/node/663/title/2).
Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery offers the following details
about the volume in which this pair of woodblock plates feature:
“Volume II from Hokusai's set of Manga, intended as
primers for aspiring artists. In this series of 15 volumes, designed from
around 1813 through his final years, Hokusai produced a veritable pictorial
encyclopedia of Far Eastern life and legend. The series was originally intended
as a set of copybooks for art students but soon made the artist's name known
throughout Japan and, eventually, throughout the world. Volume II includes 50
illustrations with black, blue and orange inks. Depicts people, landscapes, birds,
animals, bugs, and plants. Page 1 and 2 are text. 53 pages” (https://web-kiosk.scrippscollege.edu/objects-1/info/20397).
Two woodblock prints printed in three colours (black, grey
and pale flesh/orange) on a single sheet of washi paper with centre fold and
margins as published (but without the binding edges).
Size: (sheet) 24 x 28.6 cm; (image borderline) 17.7 x
25.5 cm.
Condition: well-printed impressions showing no sign of
wear to the printing plate in excellent/near pristine condition with no tears,
holes, abrasions, stains, foxing or signs of handling.
I am selling this sheet of woodblock prints featuring
an airborne dragon and a pair of phoenixes by one of the most famous of the
Japanese printmakers, for the total cost of [deleted] at the time of this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling
to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed
by some countries.
If you are interested in purchasing this superb leaf
of original woodblock prints by the almost legendary Hokusai, please
contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal
invoice to make the payment easy.
This pair of prints has been sold
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