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Hillier J.

Hokusai: paintings, drawings and woodcuts.--

3rd ed., 2nd impression

1. Hokusai

I. Title

760'.092'4 N7359.K37

ISBN 0-7148-1833-X

ISBN 0-7148-1834-8 Pbk

Printed in Great Britain by Burgess & Son Ltd, Abingdon

Author and publisher are much indebted to the
following private collectors and museum authori-
ties for permission to reproduce prints, paintings
and drawings in their possession: Dr. Walter
Amstutz, Männedorf, Switzerland (Pls. III, VI );
Mme Berès, Paris (tailpieces on p. 133 and p. 134 );
the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass. (Figs. 14,
78 ); Bristol City Art Gallery ( Pl. XV ); Mr.
Nathan Chaikin, Vendhôme, Switzerland (tail-
piece on p. 11 ); the Art Institute, Chicago (Figs.
17, 20, 28, 30, 31 ); the Chester Beatty Library,
Dublin (Pls. IX, XVII ); the Wadsworth Athe-
neum, Hartford, Conn. (Figs. 7, 16 ); Hakone
Gallery, Japan (Figs. 75, 81, 95 ); the Trustees of
the British Museum, London (Pls. I, IV, V, VII,
VIII, X, XII, XIII, XIV, XVI, XVIII, Figs. 5, 6, 9,
11 - 13, 15, 18, 19, 21 -3, 25, 29, 32, 34, 36 -9, 42 - 50,
51, 53, 56 - 69, 71 -2, 74, 77, 79, 80, 82 -4, 88 - 91, 94,
96 -9, 101 -5, 109 -15); the Victoria and Albert
Museum, London (Figs. 8, 24, 52, 86 ); the
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. (Figs. 1, 2, 27 ); the
Musée Guimet, Paris (Pl. XI, Fig. 70 ); the Louvre,
Paris ( Fig. 116 ); Tokyo National Museum (Fig.
76); and the Smithsonian Institution, Freer
Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (Figs. 85, 87, 92,
93 ). Plate II and Figs. 3, 4, 10, 26, 33, 40, 41, 54, 55,
73, 100, 106 -8 and the illustrations on p. 8 and p.
129 are from originals in the author's collection.

The Author has a further debt to record to his
friends Mr. B. W. Robinson, formerly of the
Victoria and Albert Museum, and Dr. Richard
Lane of Kyoto, Japan, for much valuable assis-
tance in regard to the Japanese language and in
reading his typescript, and to Mr. Basil Gray,
Keeper of Oriental Antiquities in the British
Museum, and Professor Bowie, of Indiana Uni-
versity, for helpful suggestions in selecting draw-
ings for reproduction; and thankfully expresses
his gratitude to his wife for having, among all her
other accomplishments, the virtues of the perfect
secretary.

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