Edo prints
| Design: | Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) | |||||
| Title: | Denshin gakyō: Transmitting the heart in the mirror of drawings | |||||
| Size: | 23.8 x 16.0 cm | |||||
| Posthumous printing from the original woodblocks | ||||||
| Photography: | Jacques Commandeur |
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Originally released in 1818 by publisher Hishiya Kyūbei. This reprint was issued in 2008 by publisher Unsōdō in Kyoto as part of a five volume set called “A collection of Hokusai drawing manuals” (北斎絵手本集成, which is pronounced as Hokusai etehon shūsei). Many images in this book were later reproduced in the posthumously published Volume 15 of the Hokusai manga.
Dark-blue book cover with title printed in light-brown on a white slip:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 傳 | den | transmit | |
| 心 | shin | heart | |
| 画 | ga | drawing | Transmitting the heart |
| 鏡 | kyō | mirror | in the mirror of drawings |
The contents of the Denshin gakyō can be seen on the website dedicated to the Gerhard Pulverer Collection here.
References
- Dalon, Laure, Nagata, Seiji, Negishi, Mika, Takemura, Makoto, Okuda, Atsuko (2014). Hokusai. Paris, Grand Palais, Galeries Nationales, 1er octobre 2014 - 18 janvier 2015. Paris: Éditions de la Réunion des musées nationaux.
- Forrer, Matthi (1985). Eirakuya Tōshirō, publisher at Nagoya. A contribution to the history of publishing in 19th century Japan. Amsterdam: J.C. Gieben.
- Forrer, Matthi (2010). Hokusai. Munich: Prestel Verlag.
Provenance: Unsōdō