Dragon
Object NamePrint
Artist / Maker
Katsushika Hokusai
(Japanese, 1760 - 1849)
Date1814-1878
MediumWoodblock print on paper
Dimensions9 7/8 x 7 3/8 in. (25.1 x 18.7 cm)
ClassificationsPrints and Printing Plates
Credit LineGift of the Neva Petersen Estate. In the permanent collection, Brunnier Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object numberUM2010.112
Status
Not on viewCollections
CultureJapanese
Label TextHokusai's Manga were not Manga in the contemporary sense; they are not narratives told through drawings and text. Instead they are a series of books of sketches. They were so popular that over 60 years fourteen volumes were published. Some pages had several loosely-related designs on a single page; eldewhere, as here, the design spanned two facing pages.
Locations
- (not entered) Iowa State University, Brunnier Art Museum
Object Name: Japanese Print
Katsushika Hokusai
Object number: UM2008.8