Drawing 2, 19.4 X 27.3 cm., a corner has been restored.

Manga.  A witch (?) and child, studies of figures and dogs by Hokusai, and a horse by a pupil.

2 A.  A witch (?) and child playing with severed heads, by Hokusai.

Published in Chinsetsu yumihari zuki, vol. 1, plate 2B, in 1807
Changes from drawing to print:

• The addition of the decorative frame, some text and the names of the figures.
• The addition of the frame meant that the basket had to be moved towards the centre of the print.
• The left-hand side of the outside edge of the witch’s robe. Hokusai seems to have confused the line of the robes, drawn elsewhere with a strong dark line, with the tangled threads on the left which were drawn using much finer lines. This has been corrected in the print.
   

Artist’s shorthand:

• On the witch's left leg, two motifs on the clothing are shown, giving the theme and the rhythm.
• The stitching on the basket at bottom-left, sketched in the drawing, are much more precise in the print.
• As usual, the flat black areas.

2 B.  Three nobles sitting on a terrace, by Hokusai.

 Published in Hida no takumi monogatari,( Story of the craftsman from Hida), vol. 1, pl . 17B –18A, in 1809.

2 C.  Prostrate monk, by Hokusai.

Published in Kana dehon gonichi no bunshô, vol. 1, p. 17 A, in 1809.

Changes from drawing to print:

• Two obvious differences due to changes in the composition:

1. in the print, two other monks, almost clones of each other, have been added behind the monk from the drawing.
2. the bottom of the coat is partly hidden behind the screen which appears in the print.

• With the addition of the line of the tatami, the folds of the monk’s robe next to the monk’s knee have been lost in the print.

In the drawing, the monk appears to have been drawn at the same time as the 3 nobles who are looking at him. However, careful observation helps us realise that he was drawn sufficiently smaller for us to see that they are two separate drawings for two different projects (2C and 2B).

2 D.  A dog and two puppies, by Hokusai.
Published in Kana dehon gonichi no bunshô, vol. 4, p. 18B, in 1809.

 Changes from drawing to print:

• The fur, muzzle hair and claws have been detailed in the print

2 E.  Head and shoulders of a man, from the front, by Hokusai.

Published in Chûkô itako bushi  (Loyal songs of Itako), vol. 5, pp. 11B –12A, in 1809 (see Fig. 6B)

This sketch is one of the very rare examples of a drawing with lines that cross, an indication of the speed with which it was executed. The position of this sketch speaks for itself and confirms the previous note: squeezed into a tiny space, it is clearly a hasty study, an idea put onto paper.

2 F. and 2 G.  Head and shoulders of a man, from the side, by Hokusai  and Tethered, bucking horse, by a pupil.

Published in Chûkô itako bushi, vol. 5, pp. 16B – 17A, in 1809.

 The drawing 2G of a horse has been used twice: Once, tethered as in 2G and also without the rope, in the same book, same volume, pp. 20-21 (with the drawings seen in Fig. 6C)