Minneapolis Institute of Art
God of Thunder and His Drum
Attributed to Katsushika Hokusai
- Date
- 18th-19th century
- Medium
- Ink on paper
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Many Japanese painters of other schools were inspired by the playful images of O_tsu-e artists. Hokusai based this sketch on the O_tsu-e theme of the god of thunder frantically fishing for his thunder-making drum which he has accidentally dropped into the sea. Asia
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