Stunning proof with bright colors and subtle marks, attributable to the print run of Eirakuya Tōshirō (early Meiji period) from the original woodblocks. Printed on Japanese paper, in excellent condition, with original untrimmed margins beyond the marginal line.
Annotated Bibliography
M. Forrer, Hokusai, Munich: Prestel Verlag, 2010
M. Forrer, Hokusai, New York: Rizzoli, 1988
M. Forrer, Hokusai. Prints and Drawings, Munich: Prestel, 1991
G.C. Calza, Hokusai. The Old Madman of Painting, Milan: Electa, 2003
J. Hillier, The Art of Hokusai in Book Illustration, London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1980
J. Hillier, L. Smith, Japanese Prints. 300 Years of Albums and Books, London: British Museum Publications, 1980
R.S. Keyes, Ehon. The Artist and the Book in Japan, New York: George Braziller, 2006
M. Forrer, W.R. van Gulik, Hokusai and His School. Paintings, Drawings and Illustrated Books, Leiden: Society for Japanese Arts and Crafts, 1991
M. Forrer, E. Tōshirō, Publisher at Nagoya. A Contribution to the History of Publishing in 19th Century Japan, Amsterdam: J.C. Gieben, 1985
S. Nagata, Hokusai no Etehon (Hokusai's Drawing Manuals), vol. 1, Tokyo: Iwasaki Bijutsu-sha, 1986
S. Vesco, Spontaneous Mastery. The Ryakuga haya oshie of Katsushika Hokusai, Venice: Edizioni Ca’ Foscari, 2020
British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1915-0823-0-93
The Art Institute of Chicago https://www.artic.edu/artworks/192278/ippitsu-gafu-album-of-drawings-with-one-stroke-complete-in-1-vol
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/78799
Commentary
The very title of the collection, Conveying the Spirit, Revealing the Form of Things through a Single Brushstroke (Denshin kaishu Ippitsu gafu), expresses Hokusai's entire philosophy: the belief that art must go beyond mere reproduction of reality to capture the vital energy of each subject.
As Van Gogh recalled in a letter to his brother Theo in 1888, "the charm of Hokusai lies in the ability to remove the superfluous to let the essential shine." The refined tones of turquoise and deep pink in the woodblock prints of the collection indeed enchant with their immediate freshness and demonstrate how Hokusai, in his graphic synthesis, anticipated and influenced modern sensibility, from Impressionist painters onward.
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