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HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA (1760 - 1849) Joshu Ushibori (Fuji from Ushibori in Hitachi province), from the series Fugaku sanjurokkei (Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji)
HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA (1760 - 1849). Joshu Ushibori (Fuji from Ushibori in Hitachi province), from the series Fugaku sanjurokkei (Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji). Blue woodcut on rice paper depicting a large cargo ship and a sailor emptying a bucket of water into the sea. Signature top left. Provenance Christie's, auction 3717, 22 April 2015, lot 56. For other woodcuts with the same subject cfr: MET New York, Acc. no. JP1848 and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Acc. no. 46.1405. Slight defects.. Cm 34,00 x 25,70.
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HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA (1760 - 1849) Joshu Ushibori (Fuji from Ushibori in Hitachi province), from the series Fugaku sanjurokkei (Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji)
