Monday, 28 January 2013

Hokusai - Woodblock

"Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎, Katsushika Hokusai? 1760–May 10, 1849) was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. In his time he was Japan's leading expert on Chinese painting. Born in Edo (now Tokyo), Hokusai is best-known as author of the woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (c. 1831) which includes the iconic and internationally recognized print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, created during the 1820s. Hokusai created the "Thirty-Six Views" both as a response to a domestic travel boom and as part of a personal obsession with Mount Fuji. It was this series, specifically The Great Wave print and Fuji in Clear Weather, that secured Hokusai’s fame both within Japan and overseas."

Mount Fuji Seen Below a Wave at Kanagawa - Katsushika Hokusai - www.katsushikahokusai.org
Mount Fuji Seen Below a Wave at Kanagawa

Weeping Cherry and Bullfinch - Katsushika Hokusai - www.katsushikahokusai.org
Weeping Cherry and Bullfinch - I picked out this one as it looks like more of a print than many of his other works; it seems like a totally different style, although the website didn't say what's a print and what could be a painting.

http://www.katsushikahokusai.org/

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