Title: A colored illustration woodcut of a Snow-capped mountain
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Period: 18th Century
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Condition: Museum Quality
Item Date: 1830
Item ID: 1496
A colored illustration woodcut of a Snow-capped mountain Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849) Untitled, image of a snow-capped mountain. Woodcut in colors, ca. 1830's, a double page illustration for a manga (illustrated book), folded and hinged together in an acid-free mat (not glued), the image size approx. 7" x 9-5/8", each sheet approx. 8-7/8" x 6-1/8", overall with the matting 14" x 18", not framed. Condition: Very good condition. Not framed.
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodblock_printing
Woodblock printing is a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China in antiquity as a method of printing on textiles and later paper. As a method of printing on cloth, the earliest surviving examples from China date to before 220, and from Egypt to the 4th century. Ukiyo-e is the best known type of Japanese woodblock art print.Most European uses of the technique on paper are covered by the art term woodcut, except for the block-books produced mainly in the fifteenth century.
