Edo prints
Originally published around 1830-1834 by publisher Moriya Jihei.
Artist’s signature in left print area:
Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
先 | saki | earlier | |
の | no | ’s | |
北 | hoku | north | |
斎 | sai | room | Drawn by Hokusai |
為 | i | change | changing his name |
一 | itsu | one | into Iitsu (meaning |
筆 | hitsu | writing brush | ‘‘One year old again’’) |
Series and print title in red cartouche in top right of the print:
Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
千 | chi | thousand | |
絵 | e | picture | |
の | no | ’s | One thousand pictures |
海 | umi | sea | of the sea |
総 | sō | whole | |
州 | shū | province | |
銚 | chō | sake bottle | Chōshi |
子 | shi | child | in Shimōsa Province |
References
Provenance: The Adachi Institute of Woodcut Prints