Title: Picture Book on the Use of Coloring, first volume (Ehon saishikitsū shohen) 繪本彩色通 初編
Object type: Illustrated book
Date: 1848
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 
Artist bio: Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Woodblock printed book; ink on paper and color scribbles
Dimensions: 7 3/16 × 5 1/16 in. (18.3 × 12.9 cm)
Classification: Illustrated Books
Credit line: Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Birds, term: Flowers