HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Manga n. 137, 1834 vasi più distante e immobile

più distante e immobile

printed by Arts Litho Guilbaud under the direction of Claude Draeger and Mario Ferreri and produced in 1300 unnumbered copies on Velin Bfk Rives blanc paper of 250 g in 2004

based on lunar cycles: it included long and short months and the insertion of an intercalary month to compensate for the discrepancy between the 28-day lunar cycle and the progression of the seasons

The term “manga”

HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Manga n. 137, 1834 vasi più distante e immobileNishiki e, color woodblock print in two shades of gray and one shade of pink (image size approx. 18 x 12. 5 cm; sheet size 19. 5 x 14 cm). Delicate impression from an edition datable to around the second half of the 19th century. Printed on Japanese paper. In perfect condition, with a small margin all around. Bibliography M. Forrer, Manga, Hazan Eds, 2014 J. A. Michener, Hokusai sketch books, Rutland and Tokyo, 1958 G. C. Calza, Hokusai, the old man