Oiran and Kamuro is a woodblock print showing a a woman and a girl. The woman is dressed in fully traditional attire in a lush robe and hair ornaments. She is the ‘oiran’, or the prostitute. Oiran were not just women providing sex, though. Their job was to entertain, please, and give their time to […]
Umezawa in Sagami Province, is one of the amazing masterpieces of Katsushika Hokusai’s series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji also known as the Fugaku sanjūrokkei, Sōshū Umezawa zai. Hokusai was born in October 1670 in Japan, Edo district and died in May, 1849 and was buried in Seikyō-ji in Tokyo (Taito Ward). The painting Umezawa […]
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) was one of the most famous Japanese artists of the nineteenth century. His most well-known work, made in his seventies, was The Great Wave, one of a series of coloured etchings the artist made of Mount Fuji. Earlier in his career he made a large number of woodcut prints including several Still […]
One of the places that are a symbol of tradition is the Yodo River. In the art done by the very well known and celebrated artist Hokusai Katsushika, you can see that the river is the main waterway that meets together Osaka and Kyoto. The currents in this river are said to be very helpful […]
Fine Wind, Clear Morning is one of Housaki’s most famous woodblock prints. It is part of as series of 36 works titled “Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji”. This is a series of stunning wood block prints all concerning Mount Fuji and displaying the mountain in various different states. This particular print displays Mount Fuji in […]
Among his very famous art was the View of Mount Fuji from across like Suwa. Hokusai’s other views were hits and this launched his career as a known artist at this time he was 60 going 70. The thirty-six views of the gorgeous Mount Fuji was and still is still very adored. His arts are […]
Inspired by Japanese Folklore – Yuma Uba are very old and unkempt women of the Japanese mountains and forests. They often take on the form of kind old ladies in order to fool a guest or anyone that they encounter. Similar to a kijo, Yuma Uba were human at one point in their lifetime, but […]
Portrait of a Woman Holding a Fan is a work of art created by the Japanese painter Hokusai. Perhaps best known for his works The Great Wave and The Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife, Hokusai lived in the region of what is now Tokyo between 1760 and 1849. He is part of what is known […]
Katsushika Hokusai’s Five Fans is a Japanese painting produced in 1849. Hokusai was a master print-maker of the Ukiyo-e (“pictures of a floating world”) tradition in Japan. Five Fans, however, is a painting produced in ink and colour on silk. Hokusai described himself as the “mad painter”, and he experienced a long career as a […]
Hokusai completed Hydrangeas and Swallow in 1833. At its completion, Hydrangeas and Swallow was untitled, and part of a large body of work by Hokusai known simply as Large Flowers. Hydrangeas and Swallow is another excellent example of Hokusai’s treatment of traditional Japanese natural elements. This piece, like so many of Hokusai’s paintings, has the […]