ATTRIBUTED TO KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

ATTRIBUTED TO KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

EDO PERIOD, 1832

A Japanese woodblock print, possibly a design for Soshu Isobe' s illustrated book Hana fubuki en no shigarami (Snow-Blown Chains of Fate), depicting a bijin in a circular insert observing five fish in a stream, a cartouche top left with calligraphy referring to Isobe's text, 17.7cm x 24.1cm.

Provenance: the Peter Hinton Collection, purchased in the 1960s-70s from Yamanaka & Co, Kyoto.

See the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, access. no.34.492 for another design by Hokusai of Isobe's book, also featuring a beauty in an inset panel and with a basket of fish to the side.