『画本葛飾振』|Picture Book in the Katsushika Style (Ehon Katsushika-buri)
The Met
Artist: Katsushika Hokusai(Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo))
Date: ca. 1836
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Folding album of twenty-eight block-ready drawings (hanshita-e) for book illustrations; ink on paper with woodblock-printed borders and titles
Dimensions: 10 x 15 1/2 in. (25.4 x 39.4 cm)
Credit Line: Charles Stewart Smith Collection, Gift of Mrs. Charles Stewart Smith, Charles Stewart Smith Jr., and Howard Caswell Smith, in memory of Charles Stewart Smith, 1914
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
Monochrome image of an armored warrior, a bell-shaped object with text, and smaller figures amidst stylized waves
Detailed Description
A monochrome image features a central scene within a decorative blue border with gold patterns, which is then framed by a speckled gold outer border. The central scene shows a large, muscular figure on the right, clad in elaborate patterned armor, including a helmet with a feather-like plume. This figure is in a crouched or lunging pose, with a beard and an open mouth, appearing to emerge from or interact with stylized waves that rise around its lower body. On the left, a large, bell-shaped or dome-shaped object, covered in rows of small, dense text, rests on a rocky or wavy base. Below this object, several smaller figures are depicted, some appearing prostrate or kneeling, also surrounded by waves. One of these smaller figures is a seated figure with a halo. Stylized waves fill the background behind all the figures. Vertical lines of text are visible in the upper right and left portions of the central image area. The blue border features a repeating pattern of stylized golden birds and cloud-like scrolls.
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