HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Manga n. 137, 1834 vasi all with Italian text on

all with Italian text on the reverse

based on lunar cycles: it included long and short months and the insertion of an intercalary month to compensate for the discrepancy between the 28-day lunar cycle and the progression of the seasons

printed by Arts Litho Guilbaud under the direction of Claude Draeger and Mario Ferreri and produced in 1300 unnumbered copies on Velin Bfk Rives blanc paper of 250 g in 2004

and the turtle

più distante e immobile

HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Manga n. 137, 1834 vasi all with Italian text onNishiki 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