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Greetings, Attached is a woodblock print. On the bottom it attributes the work to Katsushika Hokusai in 1812. I would greatly appreciate any information you might have on this item. The mark doesn't appear to be his signature. Thank you!

Inscription,
十二支　-　Junishi - Zodiac

This is a single page from Hokusai's Sketches (Hokusai Manga) - a collection of of 15 illustrated sample books. Your page is the right side of two opposite pages depicting together 12 animals of the Japanese Zodiac in the 4th volume.
The Romanized name of Hokusai with the date on the matboard was witten by the mounter.

With regards,
I.Nagy

Much thanks.... again! Cheers!

Your print is a page from an ehon (book). It is from Volume IV Animals of Transmitting the Spirit and Revealing the Form of Things - Random Drawings of Hokusai (DENSHIN KAISHU).

The Princeton University Library has the complete set. You can see your page (7th picture down on the page) at the link below:

https://library.princeton.edu/news/2014-12-16/hokusai%E2%80%99s-manga

Cheers,
Stan

URL Title :DENSHIN KAISHU

We have a number of ehon pages. Below are some examples. In the last picture, I was able to electronically combine 3 pages in an interesting configuration.

Cheers,
Stan

Thanks again Bill! These pages are interesting, I hope to find more of them in the future . Cheers!

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