HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Cento vedute del monte Fuji n. 85, 1834 sculture was the Office of the

was the Office of the Calendar of the shōgunate

The Art of Kokeshi (こけし)

with white paper strips

introducing sculptural elements and unique pictorial motifs that transform the doll into a piece of modern art

printed on Canson paper in a total of 500 copies

HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Cento vedute del monte Fuji n. 85, 1834 sculture was the Office of theA splendid proof with good contrasts, attributable to the Eirakuya Tshir impression (mid 19th century) from the original woodblocks of the Egawa workshop. Printed on Japanese paper, in excellent condition, with original untrimmed margins beyond the marginal line. Annotated Bibliography H. D. Smith II, Hokusai: One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji, New York: George Braziller, 1988 M. Forrer, Hokusai, London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1991 M. Forrer, Hokusai, New