Winter Scene
Winter Scene
Winter Scene
Winter Scene

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Winter Scene

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, 1760–1849; born and died Tokyo, Japan
Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
y1944-63

Information

Title
Winter Scene
Maker
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Painting: 126 x 54.2 cm. (49 5/8 x 21 5/16 in.) Mount: 172 x 68.2 cm. (67 11/16 x 26 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
Object Number
y1944-63
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures
Signed lower left: 齢八十九歲／卍老人筆 “Rei hachijūkyū sai/ Manji rōjin hitsu” (At age 89, painted by the Old Man Manji) [compare to signature in Richard Lane, Hokusai: Life and Work (London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1989), Appendix: “Hokusai’s Signatures and Art-names.”]
Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
paintings, scroll paintings, hanging scrolls, japanese painting styles
Materials
paper (fiber product), ink
Subject
figures (representations), men, winter, snow, hats

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