Hokusai was a Japanese master artist as well as a printmaker of the Ukiyo-e School. His work has a reflection of a full spectrum of Ukiyo-e art which includes a variety of hand painting, single sheet prints of actors and landscape. One of his famous print series known as the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji […]
The Inume Pass in Kai Province or Kōshū Inume tōge), is one of the masterpieces of Katsushika Hokusai’s series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji also called Fugaku sanjūrokkei. Hokusai was born in 1760 in Edo District in Japan during the Edo period and died in 1849. The print Inuma Pass in Kai Province was printed […]
Fishing by Torchlight in Kai Province is a wonderfully atmospheric work of art by the Japanese painter Hokusai. Hokusai lived between 1760 and 1849; he is said to have started painting at the young age of six, and he died in what is now Tokyo. Throughout his long life of 88 years, Hokusai created numerous […]
Fuji View Plain in Owari Province or Bishû Fujimi-ga-hara, is a print form the famous Katsushika Hokusai’s series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji also known as Fugaku sanjûrokkei. The volcano Mount Fuji has been fascinating the Japanese history for centuries. Historians and artists alike have had a lot to say and depict about the Mount […]
Now located across two of Tokyo’s busiest districts, Onden once resided behind the Zenko-ji Temple in the Aoyama district. It was then a small farming village littered with many waterwheels, powered by the great Shibuya river. It is one of these watermills that is depicted by the distinguished Japanese artist, Katsushika Hokusai, in his ‘Watermill […]
This painting of drama and the natural world though, Carp Leaping up a Cascade, depicts the great passions of Hokusai – that of movement, nature and emotive life and the constant struggle to achieve. Katsushika Hokusai is largely regarded as a father of Japanese art and is known the world over by being the creator […]
Katsushika Hokusai is a legend of illustration, with each painting leaving a question and quest for more, a pursuit of understanding the meaning behind each canvas. Hokusai’s Onikojima Yataro and Saiho-in Akabozu is a masterpiece, to say the least. The painting is vibrant, the choice of color significant, the depiction alluring, each touch, every single […]
Popular Japanese paintings by artists like Hokusai include poppies. These are popular artworks made using handmade techniques on print material. Japanese art has different themes including ancient prints of landscape, flowers, the ocean and scenic views. The exclusive paintings of the common flower reveal a deep history of the plant, which is common in oriental […]
One glance at the painting and one would notice that there is a lot going on in there. The painting belongs to the Edo period, i.e. from 1615 to 1868; it was painted by Hokusai somewhere during 1830-1834 to be precise. The Bay of Noboto, one of the most renowned Japanese paintings, belongs to the […]
Hawk on a Ceromonial Stand is one of the revered Japanese artist Hokusai’s only works that depicts an animal or animals. He was much more well known for his landscape painting that showed the effects of the harsh elements of the Japanese weather system, like The Great Wave. The style of the painting is still […]