Katsushika Hokusai “Menami-zu” Silk Printing Limited to 300 copies Rough Sea

Description: Formal Name: Menami-zu Author: Katsushika Hokusai Publisher: K.T.M Printer Year of publication: 1990-1999 Print Size: 72×71cm （28.3×28 inch） Condition: Good condtion About this print,Menami-zu is one of two wave drawings by Hokusai, meaning a painting of a female wave.Painted on the portable shrine of a temple in the town of Obuse in Nagano Prefecture, it was painted for his patron, Takai Kozan, and is said to have been produced between 1845 and 1846, with Kozan's colours applied to Hokusai's preliminary drawing.What is of personal interest to me is that there is an iconography on the edge of this painting that is reminiscent of a Christian angel. Images of winged figures are also prevalent in Japan, and these are usually monsters. This painting, however, is in the form of a child, and looks more like a Western angel than a monster. Christianity and its culture were strictly forbidden in Japan, but it is possible that Hokusai may have seen Christian iconography of angels somewhere.Now, this print was probably produced in the 1990s by K.T.M Printer, a special printing company in Kyoto. The reverse of the drawing is marked as number 73 of a limited edition of 300 copies. It is marked as having been silk-screened 48 times over. Acrylic framed. Translated with DeepL.com (free version) Translated with DeepL.com (free version) Shipping We will use DHL to ship our items. It is rolled up and shipped in a paper tube. About items This item is not new. Please refer to the description-of-item columns and the pictures. When you purchase for old items, you understand the state of items.

Price: 780 USD

Location: Kyoto city

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