KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

This print depicts a lively scene on the banks of a small river near the Oji Inari Shrine. An old cherry tree blooms in the mist and two children carry a net and bucket. Two women with a small child pass by a woman seated on a mat beneath a tree, who is selling fox-shaped dolls as souvenirs and sweets in paper bags.

For the same print in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, reference no. 1925.3204, go to: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/24470/a-wayside-scene-oji