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Japanese print on rice paper depicting two hilarious characters seated, dressed in embroidered kimono, signed Hokusai *, of XIXth century.
This print is in good condition. It is signed and annotated pictures see "Hokussai" on the back.
A note: some folds, light duties and jaunissures on paper, see photos.
* Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) was a painter, a specialist designer of ukiyo-e, Japanese writer and author of popular writings. His work influenced many European artists, particularly Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet and Alfred Sisley or even the artistic movement called Japonisme. He sometimes signed his work, from 1800, by the formula Gaky?jin, "drawing Fou". It is sometimes seen as the father of manga, he invented word which roughly means "spontaneous sketch." In 1814 he published his Manga grouping sketches and drawings. The "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" (1831-1833) cash actually prints and 46 "Great Wave of Kanagawa" (1831) are his best known works. Partition coverage of "La Mer" (1905) Debussy reproduced including Wave Hokusai. The Japanese painter leaves behind nearly 30,000 drawings signed under various pseudonyms including Gakyojin, meaning "drawing Fou".
