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Traveler Inscribing a Temple Pillar

c. 1830 or early 1830s

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎

(Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Sheet: 7 x 29.2 cm (2 3/4 x 11 1/2 in.)
Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.995
Location: not on view
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Pillar prints, or hashira-e (柱絵), are long and narrow Japanese woodblock prints originally intended to decorate wooden pillars.
Traveler Inscribing a Temple Pillar

Traveler Inscribing a Temple Pillar

c. 1830 or early 1830s

Katsushika Hokusai

(Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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