HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Manga n. 143, 1834 vasi according to an autumn custom

according to an autumn custom intended to soften and polish cotton

and some interpreters suggest that it may be a pair of workers (a man with a hoe on the left and a woman on the right)

36 of the same series

visto dai monti vicini

Printed in 1995 in a total of 100 copies on Rosaspina paper from the Lombardi art printing house

HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Manga n. 143, 1834 vasi according to an autumn customNishiki e, color woodblock print in two shades of gray and one shade of pink (image size approx. 18 x 12. 5 cm; sheet size 19. 5 x 14 cm). Delicate impression from an edition datable to around the second half of the 19th century. Printed on Japanese paper. In perfect condition, with a small margin all around. Bibliography M. Forrer, Manga, Hazan Eds, 2014 J. A. Michener, Hokusai sketch books, Rutland and Tokyo, 1958 G. C. Calza, Hokusai, the old man