ATTRIBUTED TO KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849) Sanpushi ('Master of the Umbrella Breezes') Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/mid 19th century (2)ATTRIBUTED TO KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)Sanpushi ('Master of the Umbrella Breezes') Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/mid 19th centuryA preparatory drawing, ink on paper, depicting Sanpushi ('Master of the Umbrella Breezes'), stamped in katakana at the bottom left corner with the collector's seal of Henri Vever; unsigned, frame and glazed; with a cardboard storage box. Overall: 40cm x 46.8cm (15¾in x 18 3/8in); image: 19cm x 25.6cm (7½in x 10in). (2).Provenance:Henri Vever (1854-1942) Collection.For another example with a similar portrait of Sanpushi, compare a drawing in the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection, image accessible at n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye325fdf985-b34b-48c0-81af-59e52d3f4112