Description

葛飾北斎 Katsushika Hokusai Japanese antique art kakejiku kakemono wall hanging scroll / Raccoon dog walking in a mountain with Box W550

A poem is added to the painting by 蜀山人 Shokusanjin (杏花園 Kyokaen) / 大田南畝 Ota Nanpo (1749-1823), poet, Kyoshi, a fiction writer in the late Edo period.

山中に たぬきのつゝミ うつよはや いたち笛ふき 猿かなつらむ 杏花園
Sanchuni Tanukino tsutsumi Utsuyohaya Itachifuefuki Sarukanatsuramu Kyokaen
"At night, when the raccoon dog drums on its belly as if it were a drum, a weasel plays the flute and a monkey dance in the dark." This poem is an example that even each different animal has adequate pleasures. This poem is based on the Fuzoku-uta (poems handed down to local countries in ancient) that was popular in the Heian period.

葛飾北斎 Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
Ukiyo-e artist of the late Edo period. Born in Honjo, Edo, he is a world-famous painter whose representative works include "36 Views of Mount Fuji" and "Hokusai Manga. Hokusai was a man of many eccentricities and anecdotes, having moved more than 90 times. He changed his name as often as 30 times in his life.
He painted all kinds of things and produced more than 30,000 works in his lifetime. He was ambitious from a young age, and was outstanding in ukiyoe (woodblock prints) as well as prints. However, Hokusai's status as a painter was not only solidified with the publication of "36 Views of Mount Fuji," but he also opened up a new side to landscape painting. Hokusai's achievements were truly huge peaks in Ukiyoe, but his mastery of description and quick brushwork can also be seen in the Hokusai Manga.
In addition, he discovered a new approach to the art of yomihon (reading books) and illustration, published many picture books including "Hokusai Manga," and used his skill in drawing forms with a brush to spread painting techniques and educate the general public. He became the founder of the Katsushika School, and later influenced artists of the Impressionist school such as Vincent van Gogh, as well as craftsmen and musicians.

Signature of poem: 杏花園 Kyokaen
Seal of painting: 宗理 Sori 葛飾北斎 Katsushika Hokusai

Whole dimensions: 16.5" W x 40.5" H / 42cm x 102.9cm
Inside dimensions: 11" W x 7.9" H / 28cm x 20.1cm

Material: Silk
Technique: Hand painted
Roller ends: Bone

Weight: 500g including Box

Condition

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