surimono (?) / diptych print
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban diptych
- Source:
- British Museum
Description
This catalogue entry with the designation "surimono (?) / diptych print" indicates an unidentified or uncertain attribution, likely a two-sheet composition that may be a privately printed surimono whose commissioning context has not been established. The diptych format is consistent with Hokusai's production of multi-sheet compositions for poetry groups and merchant patrons throughout the early nineteenth century.
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Frequently Asked Questions
surimono (?) / diptych print was created by Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎).
surimono (?) / diptych print depicts figures and daily life.