Edo prints
| Design: | Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) | |||||
| Print title: | Sumida river | |||||
| Series title: | Snow, moon, and flowers | |||||
| Size: | 25.1 x 36.8 cm (ōban) | |||||
| Posthumous printing from newly cut woodblocks | ||||||
| Photography: | Jacques Commandeur |
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Originally published around 1833 by Nishimuraya Yohachi. This is a later edition from newly cut blocks published in the 1950s by the Adachi Institute of woodblock prints.
Series title and artist’s signature in rectangular white cartouche in top right of the print:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 雪 | setsu | snow | |
| 月 | getsu | moon | |
| 花 | ka | flower | Snow, moon and flowers |
| 前 | zen | before | |
| 北 | hoku | north | |
| 斎 | sai | room | Drawn by |
| 為 | i | change | Iitsu, |
| 一 | itsu | one | formerly known |
| 筆 | hitsu | writing brush | as Hokusai |
Print title in round white cartouche in top right of the print:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 隅 | sumi | corner | |
| 田 | ta | rice field | Sumida river |
References
- Forrer, Matthi (1991). Hokusai. Prints and Drawings. Munich: Prestel Verlag and Royal Academy of Arts, London.
- Forrer, Matthi (2010). Hokusai. Munich: Prestel Verlag.
Provenance: Fuji Arts