Farmer Returning Home on His Horse

Hanging scroll: ink and slight color on paper, 32¾ x 10½ in.
(83.3 x 26.6 cm); circa 1796
Signed: Hokusai Sōri ga
Artist’s seal: Tokimasa 
Inscribed by calligrapher Inaba Kakei (1745‒1799)
Provenance: Japan Ukiyo-e Museum, Matsumoto
Exhibited:
Dai Hokusai ten (Katsushika Hokusai exhibition), Tobu Museum of Art, Jan. 2‒Feb. 14, 1993;
Otsu City Museum of History, Mar. 2‒Apr. 11, 1993; Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art, Apr. 20‒May 23, 1993
Nihon Ukiyoe Hakubutsukan shozo Nikuhitsu Ukiyoe meihin ten (Exhibition of Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e paintings from Japan Ukiyo-e Museum), Niigata Isetan Art Hall, Jan. 2‒Jan. 15, 1990
Hokusai ten (Hokusai exhibition), Tokyo National Museum, Oct. 25‒Dec. 4, 2005
Shin-Hokusai ten (Hokusai Updated), Mori Arts Center Gallery, Jan. 17‒Mar. 24, 2019