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A framed Japanese scroll painting, ink on silk, Hokusai school,…
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Melbourne
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14-May-2017
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A framed Japanese scroll painting, ink on silk, Hokusai school, Edo / Meiji period, Bold and impressive work by the school of Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) of a tiger emerging from the bamboo featuring superb brushwork in the fur and markings. Almost nobody in Edo Japan had ever seen a tiger in reality but their absence spurred fanciful ideas about their nature and physical form hence the exaggerated size and expression of the eyes, for example. Signed Zen Hokusai Taito Hitsu. Hokusai used the name 'Taito' (and variations of), for a period during approximately 1815-1820. Seal of later Manji period affixed, 97 x 50 cm. Provenance: The collection of a Curator & Collector, New South Wales. Other Notes: during a long life of artistic activity that spanned some seven decades, Hokusai managed to pursue several careers as a highly innovative painter, printmaker and book illustrator. He ultimately achieved wide recognition for the iconic work, the 'Great wave off Kanagawa' from his '36 views of mount Fuji' series of woodblock prints.
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