HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Ippitsu Gafu n. 23, 1823 sculture and some interpreters suggest that

and some interpreters suggest that it may be a pair of workers (a man with a hoe on the left and a woman on the right)

even this reference seems only suggested

unusually graceful for being mountaineers

and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law required

a traditional practice aimed at preserving the wood from moisture and marine rot

HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Ippitsu Gafu n. 23, 1823 sculture and some interpreters suggest thatStunning proof with bright colors and subtle marks, attributable to the print run of Eirakuya Tshir (early Meiji era) from the original woodblocks. Printed on Japanese paper, in excellent condition, with original untrimmed margins beyond the marginal line. Annotated Bibliography M. Forrer, Hokusai, Munich: Prestel Verlag, 2010 M. Forrer, Hokusai, New York: Rizzoli, 1988 M. Forrer, Hokusai. Prints and Drawings, Munich: Prestel, 1991 G. C. Calza,