{"product_id":"9780878468263","title":"Hokusai's Lost Manga","description":"A mysterious volume advertised in 1823 as \u003ci\u003eMaster Iitsu’s Chicken-Rib Picture Book\u003c\/i\u003e was likely meant to be a continuation of Hokusai’s famous \u003ci\u003eManga\u003c\/i\u003e series, but a published copy of it has never been found. (“Chicken rib” refers to a treat that is trivial but nevertheless worthwhile.)\u003cbr\u003eThis eclectic and engaging collection of drawings from the peerless Japanese art holdings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, was likely intended for that lost book of tasty morsels. \u003ci\u003eHokusai’s Lost Manga\u003c\/i\u003e includes the sort of lively, behind-the-scenes sketches of daily life that have made the \u003ci\u003eHokusai Manga\u003c\/i\u003e so beloved, with appearances by imaginatively conceived sea creatures, refined flowers, deities, heroes and a variety of craftspeople and laborers. Reproduced here in full for the first time as a stand-alone volume with a beautiful three-piece binding, this rare sketchbook of Hokusai’s drawings makes for delightful visual fare.\u003cbr\u003eArtist and printmaker \u003cb\u003eKatsushika Hokusai\u003c\/b\u003e (1760–1849) made some of the most iconic images in Japanese art, such as the seminal woodblock print “Under the Wave off Kanagawa (The Great Wave).” Already influential in Japan, Hokusai inspired a new audience of budding Impressionists and post-Impressionists in the West upon the opening of Japan to Europe shortly after his death.","brand":"Museum of Fine Arts, Boston","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022546747632,"sku":"9780878468263","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780878468263_p0.jpg?v=1763836894","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780878468263","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}