Hokusai is one of the most respected artists in the history of Japanese artists.He was very famous in the 1820s. At this time almost everybody now who he was. He’s most famous for his Thirty-six views of most Fuji. His success leads him to make an another collection called A tour of Japanese waterfalls. For […]
Katsushika Hokusai was a Japanese artist, who lived from 1760 to 1849. During this period, it was not uncommon for artists to regularly use pseudonyms, and he was known by more than 30 different names during his life. However, Katsushika Hokusai is the name by which he is most popularly known today. He was proficient […]
Katsushika Hokusai was a Japanese drawing, painting and graphic artist whose works greatly enhanced the Japanese visual culture. He played an important role as a representative of the Japanese art direction Ukiyo-e. He accomplished great art masterpieces still appreciated to date. One of such paintings is the Drawing of a Tengu. The drawing of a […]
Mount Fuji reflects in Lake Kawaguchi depicts one of the more popular themes of nineteenth-century Ukiyo-e art, and one of the most enduring symbols of Japanese culture and natural heritage, Mount Fuji. In the print, Fuji is creatively mirrored by the shore of the lake below, in a tranquil scene which plays on the movement of […]
Katsushika Hokusai would become one of the most famous Japanese artists in history, leaving behind hundreds of paintings that continue to amaze and inspire the art public every year. The Life and Times of Katsushika Hokusai Known as Tokitaro during his childhood days, the man who is now famously known as Katsushika Hokusai showed every sign of […]
Courtesans or women of pleasure is synonymous with Japanese history because prostitution has been in prevalence for as long as the country existed. In fact, courtesans are also commonly compared to geishas although the two are very different. Geishas are referred to as willows in Japan as they are a strong representation of strength, grace […]
Tenma Bridge in Setsu Province (or “Sesshu tenmabashi” in Hokusai’s native Japanese) is a polychrome woodblock print by Katsushika Hokusai. The work, a woodblock print created using coloured ink, depicts boats sailing down a river underneath the Tenma Bridge. Spectators holding lanterns stand on top of the bridge, watching the boats. The print measures 24.6 […]
Rainstorm Beneath the Summit is one of the prints that puts the huge mountain fully in the foreground, its snowy cap just above the thunder clouds. Harsh, jagged lines of lightening play down towards the bottom right of the picture and the bright, light sky above the peak contrasts sharply with the darkness of the […]
Hokusai’s Phoenix stands out, peaceful and vibrant, magnificent to the very last touch. It’s very well detailed, standing against the dark background, which makes the phoenix’s color pop out bringing the painting to life. Hokusai was commissioned to paint the interiors of several buildings during his later years at Gansho-in in Obuse, Japan, and one […]
Hiroshige can be considered amongst the finest landscape artists in history, as well as someone who helped to further advance the techniques of Japanese woodblock printing. He arrived towards the end of the ukiyo-e era and took influence from the likes of Hokusai. Japanese artists would often have to tailor their output to the norms of […]