Hokusai's genre scenes, bijin-ga (beautiful women), and miscellaneous subjects represent the breadth of his career across more than seven decades. The market for non-landscape Hokusai prints has strengthened as collectors seek beyond the most famous designs.
Women try to calm a frustrated child whose kite has become snarled in the high branches of a tree in this color woodblock print from around 1800. The subject combines the windy energy of kite-flying season (New Year) with the comedy of parental management, the child's upward gaze and outstretched arms mirrored by the women's consoling gestures in a pyramid of interlocking attention.
1821
Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; surimono shikishiban
1822
Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono
1822
Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono
c. 1832
Color woodblock print; oban
Women Distracting a Child whose Kite is caught in a Tree was created by Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎) in c. 1800.
Women Distracting a Child whose Kite is caught in a Tree depicts children, daily life, and trees.
Women Distracting a Child whose Kite is caught in a Tree measures 20.4 × 55.6 cm (Oban format).
