Property from the Japan Society Library, London
Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) (artist) Yamada Isai (1788–1846) (author) | The Life of Shakyamuni Illustrated (Shaka goichidaiki zue) | Edo period, 19th century
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Property from the Japan Society Library, London
Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) (artist)
Yamada Isai (1788–1846) (author)
The Life of Shakyamuni Illustrated (Shaka goichidaiki zue)
Edo period, 19th century
woodblock printed book, 6 volumes (complete), preface by Daiko Sogen (1772–1860), dated Bunka 2 (1845), published by Echigoya Jihee (Kyoto), Yamashiroya Sahee (Edo), Kawachiya Mohee (Osaka); binding: fukurotoji (pouch binding), embossed dark brown covers; encased in a 20th cent🅠ury fitted blue linen board case with impressed gold leaf Japan Society Imperial chrysanthemum crest
Obon: 25 x 17.8 cm., ?? x ?? in.
The six-volume book contains thirty-two monochrome illustrations by Hokusai of episodes f🦩rom the Buddha’s life story, accompanied by text by Yamada Isai. For further reading and another impression in the Artᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚhur Tress Collection, in the Kislak Center, University of Pennsylvania Libraries, go to:
Another impression is also in the collectio📖n of The MET, New York, accession no. 2013.736a–f, go to: