HOKUSAI

National Gallery of Victoria 1st edition 2017 large lavish paperback with French flaps and 237 pages.

Definitive text by Wayne Crothers, Tadashi Kobayashi and Dr Jaqueline Berndt.

Lavishly and profusely illustrated in colour with many full-page colour plates with than 170 illustrations.

Katsushika Hokusai is regarded as one of the most influential and creative minds in the history of Japanese Art.

This fabulous title examines Hokusai's unconventional lifestyle travelling and moving his resting place and studio often mixing with ordinary people and communing with nature. The title examines the famous versions of the famous - The Great Wave of Kanagawa and features the celebrated series of works in their entirety including Thirty-Six Views of Mt Fuji, A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces and Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces as well as others. There is a  selection of pages from all the 15 volumes of the iconic Hokusai Manga and a chapter on 100 ghost stories.

A scarce title in excellent condition.

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