Hokusai Manga 1st edition - 4 Volumes (4,12,13,14) - Nagoya by Eirakuya Tôshirô manuscript The dog is a symbol

The dog is a symbol of fidelity and in many stories gives birth to eight puppies which each becomes a courageous warrior

They were hugely popular with the rich and upper middle classes from the 15th to the beginning of the 16th century

spears and guns

Prologues to the Pentateuch

*It is now thought that these were skeletons of Giant Sloths

Hokusai Manga 1st edition - 4 Volumes (4,12,13,14) - Nagoya by Eirakuya Tôshirô manuscript The dog is a symbolThe Origins of Manga" 4 Volume 1 of Hokusais Seminal Manga series Rare Early edition of volumes 4,12,13 & 14 of the first ever Manga series. Published in Nagoya by Eirakuya Tshir the first publisher of the series. 1814 1878 Complete volumes 22,7 x 15,7 cm Manga is a hugely popular form of Japanese art and culture today with a myriad of books published each year. The origins of Manga, however, come from Hokusais 19th Century series of 15 books