Hokusai | Pheasant and Snake

Artist:  Katsushika Hokusai | 葛飾 北斎 (1760 - 1849)
Date: 1834 (1963 Reprint)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (1834), Shūeisha (1963)
Title: Old View of the Pontoon Bridge at Sano in Kôzuke Province | かうつけ佐野ふなはしの古づ | Kôzuke Sano Funabashi no Kozu
Series: Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces | 諸国名橋奇覧 | Shokoku meikyô kiran
Medium: Offset lithograph printed on tradtional Japanese handmade washi paper
Size: 36cm x 24.5cm (Ōban)

Inscription
Chinese poem by Cai Yong (c. 132-192)

Signed
Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu | 前北斎為一筆

Markings
Censor's seal: Kiwame | 極

The Shūeisha Masterpieces collection includes what many art historians consider the rarest and most representative works in the history of ukiyo-e. In order to make these rare works more accessible, Shūeisha commissioned a collection encompassing some of the greatest works of the most renowned masters in the history of the Japanese tradition.

These works were commissioned from original first impressions housed in collections all around the world, with the process overseen by a team of art historians. Each piece was reproduced on an authentic ukiyo-e washi broadsheet using a polychrome offset lithographic printing process, and comes mounted to an individual envelope noting the artist name, and series print number.

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