After Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
Edo period or Meiji era, mid-late 19th centuryKakejiku (vertical hanging scroll) in yokomono (horizontal) format; ink and colours on silk in silk mounts, depicting three men and a woman preparing mochi (rice cakes), with signature Zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu and a seal, with remnants of a label from Keppel and Co., New York stating that the scroll was from the collection of the American artist John LaFarge, who visited Japan in 1886; with a wooden storage box.Overall: 125.5cm x 76cm; image: 41cm x 57cm. (3).