Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎),
(1760–1849).
Original plate
from the album, "Shaka Goichidaiki Zue" [Life of Shakyamuni
Illustrated]", 1845.
Woodblock print
on fine paper, (sheet) 25.5 x 17.7 cm.
Condition:
strong impression showing minimal wear to the plate. The sheet has stab-binding
holes on the left (as published) and has mellow age-toning appropriate to its
date of publication.
I am selling this
visually arresting and original Hokusai woodblock print for AU$104 (currently
US$75.06/EUR66.89/GBP51.73 at the time of posting this print) including postage
and handling to anywhere in the world.
If you are
interested in purchasing this highly unusual illustration of sun rays
illuminating a landscape, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com)
and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.
This woodblock
print by arguably the most renowned of all Japanese printmakers, Katsushika
Hokusai, may be seen as simply an illustration in his album about the life of
Shakyamuni (aka the Buddha). For me, however, the print reveals the level of
creative invention and audacity of design that has made Hokusai such a revered
artist. This is an artist's print for other artists. It is a visual code
showing how Hokusai "solved" the problem of how to portray radiating
rays of sunlight as pictorial substance.
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