Edo prints
| Design: | Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) | |||||
| Title: | Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 | |||||
| Size: | 22.1 x 15.3 cm | |||||
| Posthumous printing from the original woodblocks | ||||||
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The gafu (画譜) in the title of this illustrated book translates into “picture book”. Originally released in Nagoya in the late 1830s by publisher Eirakuya Tōshirō.
The numbering scheme of the contents below follows the convention used in Forrer (1985, p.191).
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 20b |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 20a |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 19b |
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 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 19a |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 18b |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 18a |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 17b |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 17a |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 16b |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 16a |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 15b |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 15a |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 14b |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 14a |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 13b |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 13a |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 12b |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 12a |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 11b |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 11a |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 10b |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 10a |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 9b |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 9a |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 8b |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 8a |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 7b |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 7a |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 6b |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 6a |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 5b |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 5a |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 4b |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 4a |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 3b |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 3a |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 2b |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 2a |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 1b |
 Hokusai gafu, Volume 1 - print 1a |
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: Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux.
- Forrer, Matthi (1985). Eirakuya Toshiro, 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: Anne and Jan van Doesburg’s Huys den Esch