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Katsushika Hokusai

Armorer (Yoroi takumi), from the illustrated book "Picture Book of the Amusements of the East (Ehon Azuma asobi)"

c. 1802
Color woodblock print; page from illustrated book
22.3 × 16.2 cm (8.8 × 6.4 in)

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