HOKUSAI AND HIS SCHOOL
Any lover of Japanese art knows the name of Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) of course. The circumstances of his biography are no mystery.
In many ways, he was the last great genius of Japanese art, at least as a practitioner of the ukiyoe school, Hokusai left his indelible mark on the aesthetics of late Edo.
Imagine our understanding of Japanese art without the Hundred Views of Fuji, or the MANGA.... Almost as impossible as imagining Renaissance art without Leonardo. They changed our world by changing their own.
So, here are a few books by Hokusai and his followers... Not the rare and beautiful illustrated poetry anthologies of his early and middle years, when he was an up and coming artist working with Tsutaya and other deluxe printing houses. Rather these are the books from his later years that were so immensely popular it is very hard to find early acceptable printings of them.
There are nice copies in this list. I have been squirrelling them away for years. Enjoy!
Charles Vilnis
18. [EHON] Katsushika HOKUSAI. EHON TEIKIN ORAI Zen. Nagoya: Eirakuya Toshiro. N.D. [Probably 1840's - originally published in 1820's]. 22.7 x 15.6 cm. String-bound, Japanese-styel, fukuro toji. Each of the three volumes consists of thirty sheets, making for a total of 90 sheets and nearly 200 Hokusai designs - landscapes..... More
![Denshin Kaishu] HOKUSAI MANGA Rop-pen. HOKUSAI MANGA, Katsushika I-itsu](/pictures/thumb/88707.jpg?v=1611849830)
1819. (HOKUSAI MANGA) Katsushika I-itsu [Denshin Kaishu] HOKUSAI MANGA Roppen. Edo: Kadomaruya, Bunsei 2 [1819]. 22.7 x 15.9 cm. String-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Original covers with brushed title. Though Nagoya-based Eirakuya Toshiro editions of the MANGA are quite common, the Edo issues by Kadomaruya are quite unusual. In addition, this is..... More
18. Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 Hokusai Manga 北斎漫画 Vol 13 十三 編 (全) This volume of original woodblock prints by Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849) is bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji with a printed title label on the upper left of the front wrapper. The manga, or sketches, are in black, gray, and..... More
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎. (Shoshoku Ehon) Katsushika Shin Hinagata (諸職絵本) 葛飾新鄙形. Kyoto, Osaka & Edo: Katsumura Jihei, et al. Tempō 7 [1836]. Single volume 22.4 x 15.9cm string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro toji and housed in a modern, navy portfolio 22.5 x 16.3cm with ribbon ties. Green blind-patterned covers and printed paper title..... More