Hokusai, Whaling off the Gotô Islands, from the series One Thousand Pictures of the Ocean, 1989.668

Whaling off the Gotô Islands (Gotô kujira tsuki), from the series One Thousand Pictures of the Ocean (Chie no umi)

「千絵の海　五島鯨突」

Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849)

Edo period about 1833 (Tenpô 4)

Other impressions: 21.6694

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Summary

Analysis point	Image	Results
Pt 1		Prussian blue
Pt 2		orpiment, flavonoid?
Pt 3		(run)
Pt 4		Prussian blue

Note: The center of the circle is point of analysis.