Banshoku zuko, one vol. of 5 published
- Date:
- n.d.
- Medium:
- Book; woodblock printed
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Banshoku zuko — a design and pattern manual — represents Hokusai's engagement with the publishing of practical craft reference materials that circulated widely in Edo's artisan and merchant communities. Only one volume of the planned five was ever published, making surviving copies rare witnesses to a project of technical instruction that was curtailed before completion.
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