HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Manga n. 21, 1814-1849 sculture and advertising the most famous

and advertising the most famous bohemian venues of the time

outlined in the distance and partially hidden at the foot of Fuji

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

laden with bundles of twigs on their shoulders

echoes both the trampled contour of the pseudo-Fuji and the grayish pattern traced on the ground below

HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Manga n. 21, 1814-1849 sculture and advertising the most famousDelicata prova in unedizione databile intorno alla seconda met del XIX secolo. Impressa su carta del Giappone. In perfetto stato di conservazione, con piccolo margine tuttintorno. Bibliografia M. Forrer, Manga, Hazan Eds, 2014 J. A. Michener, Hokusai sketch books, Rutland e Tokio, 1958 G. C. Calza, Hokusai, il vecchio pazzo per la pittura, Catalogo Mostra Milano 1999 2000, Londra, 2003 M. Forrer, Hokusai, prints and drawings, Londra, 1991 J. Hillier,