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Kakejiku 掛軸 (hanging scroll) - Dragon 龍 ascending amidst the clouds - 1851 (Kaei 4) - Signed Goseki 五碩 - 日本 - 江戶時代(1600-1868)
編號 82675761
編號 82675761
Original woodblock print - Washi paper - Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - Scene from the "Manga", Volume 9, first edition- Japan - 1819
Ronin warrior at rest, leaning against a buffalo, holding his Wakizashi.
This is from the first edition of the book, printed in black, grey and light-salmon.
The "wear of the blocks" show fresh lines in the image, and margin-lines consistent in wear with other 1819 prints.
Publisher: Eirakuya Toshiro, with the red publisher's seal in colophon.
The Manga editions were initially published by Eirakuya Toshiro, Nagoya.
Volumes 9 and 10 were simultaneously published by Eirakuya Toshiro and Hanabusaya Heikichi in Edo (Tokyo).
On a Japanese washi paper, in good condition. Imprint is sharp and detailed. The two pages joined with a very thin washi. Very small pinholes margin repaired with a thin washi.
Size: 19.5x 25.4cm.
Reference: https://www.hokusai-katsushika.org/manga-ninth.html , for the Heikichi-edition.
The pictures of the colophon page, is for reference only, and will NOT be included.
Will be sent under card-boards, well protected, and fully insured.