HOKUSAI MANGA. Vol. 11.
HOKUSAI, Katsushika.
From RARE ORIENTAL BOOK CO., ABAA, ILAB, Aptos, CA, U.S.A.
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[Nagoya 1878, Katano]. Pink stitched wrs., 29 double leaves= 58p. color woodblock plates:black, white, pink & Sumi, dusty covers & bit thumbed,contents clean,solid,excellent registry & impression, 15.8 x 22.5 cm., very good, solid example. . *** **** *** . . . HOKUSAI'S FAMOUS MANGA: . . . CARICATURES OF EDO PERIOD GENRE DAILY LIFE . . . A DELIGHTFUL LOOK AT SAMURAI, MILITARY & COMMONERS . . . WITH A SPECIAL GROUP OF WESTERN WEAPONS: GUNS, CANNON . . . TANIGASHIMA [RIFLE], PISTOL, CROSS BOW &c, . . . & SUMO WRESTLERS . * GENERAL SUBJECTS OF THE MANGA: People, fauna, flora, landscape, the past, grotesque ghosts, technology, architecture, clothing, customs, activities, scenery, wildlife, all aspects of daily life of common people. . A charming work, with characters, portraits, Sumo wrestlers, people going about daily activities, games, play time, landscape, scenery, hunting with a rifle, cannon & other arms, pistol, archery equipment, shrines, Gods &c. . *** SUBJECTS IN THIS VOLUME: . PEOPLE: The Emperor, courtiers, men & women of class, commoners: men and women at daily activities: playing the Shamisen [3 string guitar], singing, acting. Woman farting on a sleeping man, human antics, a man surprised by a snake. Samurai, coolies, men, women and a pilgrim out for a walk, with a dog and child. Three men pant a giant's leg and foot. A heavenly Apsara floats, a man servant attends his master. A Tengu [bird-man] carry a parcel, suspended on a long-nosed man. Buddhist priest. A kite flyer is shocked by the fierce face of his upside-down kite. An old Samurai and his son. Samurai slashing his Katana [long sword] at two lanterns. Mochi pounding machine, two coolies try to lift heavy bails of rice, one tumbles backwards. Sumo wrestlers at practice with three referees. Illustrated on 2 double and a single page, 5 illustrations in all. . Gymnasts doing various postures, foot wrestling, could be preparing those who wish to become Sumo wrestlers. Musicians, dancers, men making strange and bizarre faces [typical Hokusai parity]. . Three Tanegashima [Portuguese rifle] bearing hunters wait in ambush, one blows a whistle, most likely to attract animals or birds. The next page shows various rifle pouches: gunpowder, birdshot, with the facing page showing another Tanegashima bearing soldier with a support aiming down-range, above are various birds [of prey?]. . Another page showing four soldiers using Tanigashima practice, shows aiming, loading and adding explosive powder. A double-barrel pistol. A large foreign-type cannon firing, mounted crossbow. . A double-page showing a horse-mounted Samurai attacking, two foot soldiers with his pistol and also carries a Tanigashima rifle both go flying after being hit, arrows flying in all directions. The next double-page shows various perspective views of foreign double-barrel pistols, each part carefully identified. . Double-page of a Sword Deity, shows a multiple-faced icon with eight hands, each holding a Wakizashi Katana [long Samurai sword] seated on a Fu dog. . Three double-pages illustrating about50 individual drawings of various people, in caricature, showing fishing, Daikoku-san [God of Wealth], Shinto Priest making obeisance before a Taiko [drum], man carrying a woman on his back, Taiko drummers, various men, women at activities, painting screens, Tanigashima practice, a man pawing a semi nude woman, booming a scroll painting, drawing a horse and painting a scroll. . Double-vertical page showing five coolies resting under a Buddhist Shrine. Followed by another double-page with a similar Torii gate with several people taking rest, three are sword-bearing Samurai. . ANIMALS: Chicken, cat dogs, Chinese Foo dogs, duck, giant fish, bird caught in a man-made trap, . LANDSCAPE/SCENERY: Views of rural village, mountains, bridge, coolies in a rain storm, boat riding fisherman out in the swamp, fast running rapids with many beams of cut timber flowing down-stream after a flood; two coolies try to hook and pu. Seller Inventory # 92015305
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Title: HOKUSAI MANGA. Vol. 11.
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