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Horse iris

Katsushika Hokusai · 1822 · color woodcut; blind-stamped; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

A tobacco bag with a belt knot (netsuke) and a partially open fan with the image of a mountain landscape, next to a stack of paper. On the tobacco bag running horses are depicted; on the belt knot a parrot. With two poems.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

surimono

Credit linePaarden iris. 1822. Katsushika Hokusai. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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