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????? ??????, Album of Sketches by Katsushika Hokusai and His Disciples, Edo period (1615–1868), 19th century, Japan, Album of ninety-seven leaves; ink and color on paper, Each leaf: 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (39.4 x 26.7 cm), Paintings, Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), The brush-inscribed text between the two roosters explains the odd dynamic of this work: A drawing of a real rooster coming to fight the wooden rooster made by Suminawa. (Suminawa ga tsukereru ki no niwatori makoto no niwatori kitaritekeru zu) This unsigned drawing is virtually identical to a woodblock-printed illustration published in the popular novel The Tale of the Craftsman of Hida (Hida no takumi monogatari, 1809), authored by Rokujuen Meshimori (1753–1830) and illustrated by Hokusai.

????? ??????, Album of Sketches by Katsushika Hokusai and His Disciples, Edo period (1615–1868), 19th century, Japan, Album of ninety-seven leaves; ink and color on paper, Each leaf: 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (39.4 x 26.7 cm), Paintings, Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), The brush-inscribed text between the two roosters explains the odd dynamic of this work: A drawing of a real rooster coming to fight the wooden rooster made by Suminawa. (Suminawa ga tsukereru ki no niwatori makoto no niwatori kitaritekeru zu) This unsigned drawing is virtually identical to a woodblock-printed illustration published in the popular novel The Tale of the Craftsman of Hida (Hida no takumi monogatari, 1809), authored by Rokujuen Meshimori (1753–1830) and illustrated by Hokusai.
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????? ??????, Album of Sketches by Katsushika Hokusai and His Disciples, Edo period (1615–1868), 19th century, Japan, Album of ninety-seven leaves; ink and color on paper, Each leaf: 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (39.4 x 26.7 cm), Paintings, Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), The brush-inscribed text between the two roosters explains the odd dynamic of this work: A drawing of a real rooster coming to fight the wooden rooster made by Suminawa. (Suminawa ga tsukereru ki no niwatori makoto no niwatori kitaritekeru zu) This unsigned drawing is virtually identical to a woodblock-printed illustration published in the popular novel The Tale of the Craftsman of Hida (Hida no takumi monogatari, 1809), authored by Rokujuen Meshimori (1753–1830) and illustrated by Hokusai
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