Saturday, September 2, 2023

Katsushika Hokusai
(1760 - 1849)

Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾 北斎), known simply as Hokusai, was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period, active as a painter and printmaker. He is best known for the woodblock print series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, which includes the iconic print The Great Wave off Kanagawa. Hokusai was instrumental in developing ukiyo-e from a style of portraiture largely focused on courtesans and actors into a much broader style of art that focused on landscapes, plants, and animals. His works are thought to have had a significant influence on Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet during the wave of Japonisme, that spread across Europe in the late 19th century.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokusai

Kirifuri Waterfall at Kurokami Mountain in Shimotsuke
around 1832
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
height: 37 cm width: 26 cm
The MET
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/56139

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