Comb Products in Tsuchiyama
- Date:
- c. 1804
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Comb products from Tsuchiyama — a post town on the Tokaido highway in Omi Province — are depicted in a composition that documents regional craft production of the kind that sustained Edo Japan's consumer economy. Hokusai produced several prints illustrating local specialties during his Tokaido-related work around 1804, treating commercial goods with the same attentive formalism he brought to natural subjects.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Comb Products in Tsuchiyama was created by Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎) in c. 1804.
Comb Products in Tsuchiyama depicts market scenes, craftspeople, and travel scenes.