葛飾北斎筆 鶏と木材鶏図, Album of Sketches by Katsushika Hokusai and His Disciples, Edo period (1615–1868), 19th century, Japan, Album of ninety-seven leaves; ink and color on paper, Each leaf: 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (39.4 x 26.7 cm), Paintings, Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), The brush-inscribed text between the two roosters explains the odd dynamic of this work: A drawing of a real rooster coming to fight the wooden rooster made by Suminawa. (Suminawa ga tsukereru ki no niwatori makoto no niwatori kitaritekeru zu) This unsigned drawing is virtually identical to a woodblock-printed illustration published in the popular novel The Tale of the Craftsman of Hida (Hida no takumi monogatari, 1809), authored by Rokujuen Meshimori (1753–1830) and illustrated by Hokusai
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葛飾北斎筆 鶏と木材鶏図, Album, Sketches, Katsushika Hokusai, Disciples, Edo period, 1615–1868, 19th century, Japan, ninety-seven leaves, ink, color, paper, leaf, 15 1/2 x 10 1/2, 39.4 26.7 cm, Paintings, Japanese, Tokyo, Edo, 1760–1849, brush-inscribed, text, two roosters, explains, odd dynamic, work, drawing, real rooster, coming, fight, wooden Suminawa, Suminawa ga, tsukereru, ki, no, niwatori, makoto, kitaritekeru, zu, unsigned drawing, virtually identical, woodblock-printed illustration, published, popular novel, Tale, Craftsman, Hida, Hida no, takumi, monogatari, 1809, authored, Rokujuen Meshimori, 1753–1830, illustrated, Hokusai
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