Edo prints
| Design: | Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) | |||||
| Title: | Ippitsu gafu: Book of pictures drawn in one stroke | |||||
| Size: | 23.8 x 16.0 cm | |||||
| Posthumous printing from the original woodblocks | ||||||
| Photography: | Jacques Commandeur |
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Originally published in 1823 in Nagoya by publisher Eirakuya Tōshirō. 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).
Dark-blue book cover with title printed in light-brown on a white slip:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 伝 | den | transmit | |
| 神 | shin | god | |
| 開 | kai | opening | Transmitting the essence |
| 手 | shu | hand | and enlightening the hand |
| 一 | one | ||
| 筆 | ippitsu | stroke | |
| 画 | ga | drawing | Book of pictures |
| 譜 | fu | book | drawn in one stroke |
The contents of the Ippitsu gafu are displayed 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.
- Forrer, Matthi, Gulik, Willem R. van, and Kaempfer, Heinz M. (1982). Hokusai and his school: paintings, drawings and illustrated books. Leiden: Society for Japanese Arts and Crafts.
Provenance: Unsōdō