Katsushika Hokusai
Prints
Japan
Subject/design:
Three Chinese heroes from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi yanyi 三國志演義, Sangokushi engi): Liu Bei 劉備 holding a scroll, Zhang Fei 張飛 on the right and Guan Yu 關羽 on the left.
Date:
1821, published by the poet Kûmanya Tadagaki Maeda (?)
Size:
shikishiban surimono, 21,2 cm x 18,6 cm
Place of origin:
Japan
Artist:
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
Inventory number:
CB.EJ.1964.187
Copyright:
Fondation Baur
Photographer:
Marian Gérard