The Life of Shakyamuni Illustrated (Shaka goichidaiki zue kan go) : [volume 5]
A woodblock-printed volume from 1845 by Katsushika Hokusai, published in Kyoto, Edo and Osaka, presenting the life of Shakyamuni in double-page Japanese prints for a general readership. The three spreads show a palace procession with a carriage and attendants, a figure with a halo meeting townspeople beside a wall, and a dragon coiling above a seated group on a platform; a designer might take their dense crosshatched line work, fluid curling forms and strong black-and-white contrast.
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