HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Ippitsu Gafu n. 31, 1823 vasi printed on Japanese paper

printed on Japanese paper

printed by l’Atelier Maeght in Levallois for the publisher Gualtieri di San Lazzaro

and Hong Kong

Having fled Russia during the revolution and sustaining himself in Paris by playing guitar in cabarets

HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Ippitsu Gafu n. 31, 1823 vasi printed on Japanese paperSeries: Collection of sketches with a single brushstroke; Conveying the spirit and revealing the form of things through the album of drawings with a single brushstroke (Denshin kaishu Ippitsu Gafu) Technique: Sumizuri e, woodblock prints in two or three tones of pink, turquoise, and black Format: Chubon (approximately mm 174x122) Signatures: Zen Hokusai Iitsu Aratame Gakyorojin Manji Artist's seal: Fuji no Yama Dates: Woodblocks carved around 1823;