Hokusai, Katsushika

Description:

Japan (1760 - 1849)
25,5 x 37,5 cm (o. R:)
Ôban yoko-e. Woodblock print, ink and colour on paper. Title: Honganji Temple at Asakusa (Toto Asakusa Honganji). Series: The thirty-six views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei). Signed: Zen Hokusai iitsu hitsu. Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo).
From a private Berlin collection, assembled from the 1980s through the early 2000s - Mounted in a passepartout, labels on the reverse of the original frame stating that S.M. Shiba Miyanoshita guarantees the authenticity. Cf. Christie’s, New York, Japanese and Korean Art Online, 31 Oct - 7 Nov 2019, Lot 17657