Hokusai Manga: The Sketchbooks of Hokusai (15 volume reprint set made from original woodblocks)

15 Hokusai Manga woodblock prints are reprints using the original woodblocks inherited from the Meiji period and the same techniques as those used at the time. Publisher's description: "Hokusai Manga" was introduced to the world in the 19th century and is considered the essence of Hokusai's art. It is often referred to as the "picture encyclopedia or Hokusai Sketches." It profoundly influenced European painters and served as a catalyst for the subsequent fervour of Japonism that emerged.

The culmination of an extensive collection of over 3,900 sketches, the motifs within Hokusai Manga cover a wide range of genres, including various occupations, customs and manners, swordsmanship, sumo wrestling, changing facial expressions, ghosts and monsters, historical events and figures, architecture, landscapes, plants and flowers, animals, and fish.

The entire collection of 434 woodblocks of Hokusai Manga, preserved in the publisher Unsodo—which has a history of over 125 years—has been carefully reprinted by experienced artisans who maintain the techniques of Edo Ukiyo-e.

Eighty thousand pages of washi paper were used to create this work. The washi paper used was the thin and durable Tosa Washi (Suzaki hanshi paper). The work is finished with traditional Japanese bookbinding techniques, where each page is carefully sewn together."

15 volumes, bound in Japanese binding, wrapped in a folding case. Publisher: Unsodo. ISBN: 978-4-7538-0297-5