An Artisan’s Shop, from the album The Mist of Sandara (Sandara kasumi)
- Date:
- 1798
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; album plate
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
A craftsman's workshop interior — tools, materials, and in-progress work arranged across the composition — appears as a plate within the album Sandara kasumi (The Mist of Sandara) from 1798. Hokusai's interest in depicting artisan labor and commercial life placed him among the Edo artists who treated the city's productive economy as worthy pictorial subject, anticipating the workshop scenes of the later Manga sketchbooks.
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Frequently Asked Questions
An Artisan’s Shop, from the album The Mist of Sandara (Sandara kasumi) was created by Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎) in 1798.
An Artisan’s Shop, from the album The Mist of Sandara (Sandara kasumi) depicts figures, market scenes, and craftspeople.