Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) | Fine Wind, Clear Weather (Gaifu kaisei), also known as Red Fuji | Edo period, 19th century

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The Property of a Lady

Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

Fine Wind, Clear Weather (Gaifu kaisei), also known as Red Fuji

Edo period, 19^th century

woodblock print, from the series the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei), signed Hokusai aratame Iitsu hitsu (Brush of Iitsu, changed from Hokusai), published by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo), late 1831

Horizontal oban: 25.6 x 37 cm., 10⅛ x 14⅝ in.

This lot has been professionally mounted for exhibition, there is residue tape to the reverse.

The same print is in numerous museum collections, including:

A similar impression is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The MET), accession number JP9, go to:

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/77328

Another example of a similar impression is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 21.6756, go to:

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/234419

And, a further example is in the collection of the British Museum, museum number 1906,1220,0.525, go to:

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1906-1220-0-525