Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) Ascending Dragon

Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) Ascending Dragon
Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1840
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and slight colours on paper in silk mounts, depicting a dragon ascending above a great wave crashing under Mount Fuji, signed Gakyo Rojin manji hitsu yowai hachijuichi (Brush of Manji, old man crazy to paint, aged 81) and sealed Katsushika; with a double wood storage box, the inner box inscribed outside the lid Noboriryu, Fuji no e (Picture of an ascending dragon and Mount Fuji). Overall: 193cm x 58.4cm (76in x 23in); image: 135.3cm × 37.2cm (53¼in × 14 5/8in). (3).