Katsushika Hokusai: mitate-e / surimono / print / invitation - British Museum

Artist: Katsushika Hokusai

Title: mitate-e / surimono / print / invitation

Date: 1805-1810 (c.)

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Source: British Museum
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Colour woodblock large surimono print (folded), mitate-e, invitation. Parody of Ariwara no Narihira in Narihira's Journey to the East from 'Tales of Ise': Female poet and attendants pausing on journey to admire Mount Fuji; pine-trees of Miho no Matsubara and Mount Fuji in background. Nishiki-e on paper with gauffrage. Signed and inscribed.

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