Hokusai's Storm

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Good Impressions of this late print by Hokusai are hard to find. The hand coloring for that dark cloud effect seems to have so overwhelmed some of the inkers that they neglected the foreground and i've seen some impressions in which vice versa the clouds are light and the foreground is darker.

This print demonstrates #ukiyo-e print production was a team effort. You needed a good artist a good cutter and carver for the blocks and both an inker and a colorist with a firm but sensitive touch to finish the print.