HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Ippitsu Gafu n. 23, 1823 sculture and some interpreters suggest that

and some interpreters suggest that it may be a pair of workers (a man with a hoe on the left and a woman on the right)

unusually graceful for being mountaineers

This direct gaze in a different direction could be a device to raise tension: the viewer wonders what the depicted characters are looking at

The art of Hokusai in book illustration

Catalogue raisonné of illustrated works no

HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Ippitsu Gafu n. 23, 1823 sculture and some interpreters suggest thatStunning proof with bright colors and subtle marks, attributable to the print run of Eirakuya Tshir (early Meiji era) 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,