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Both Banks of the Sumida River in One View

Book
ca. 1803 (Made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) is perhaps Japan's most famous artist. He is best known for his designs for prints and printed books, although later in life he focussed increasingly on paintings.

In the 1790s and early 1800s, Hokusai was popular with poetry clubs as an illustrator of the printed albums and single-sheet prints they produced to showcase their finest poems. This book is the third of three volumes depicting scenes on the banks of the Sumida River in Edo (now Tokyo), with kyôka poems (literally 'crazy verse'). The seasonal settings of the city scenes change from spring to winter from the beginning to the end of the book. On this page, tiler ****


Object details

Object type
Titles
  • Both Banks of the Sumida River in One View
  • Vol. 3 of 3
Materials and techniques
Printed in colour, from wood blocks, on paper
Dimensions
  • Height: 263mm
  • Width: 180mm
  • Depth: 4mm
Style
Summary
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) is perhaps Japan's most famous artist. He is best known for his designs for prints and printed books, although later in life he focussed increasingly on paintings.

In the 1790s and early 1800s, Hokusai was popular with poetry clubs as an illustrator of the printed albums and single-sheet prints they produced to showcase their finest poems. This book is the third of three volumes depicting scenes on the banks of the Sumida River in Edo (now Tokyo), with kyôka poems (literally 'crazy verse'). The seasonal settings of the city scenes change from spring to winter from the beginning to the end of the book. On this page, tiler ****
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Collection
Accession number
E.2679-1925

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Record createdOctober 24, 2006
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