Sunday, April 26, 2026

 Katsushika Hokusai
(1760 - 1849)
 

Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾 北斎) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period, active as a painter and printmaker. His woodblock print series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji 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 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


Bullfinch and Weeping Cherry
(Uso, shidarezakura), from an untitled series of flowers and birds
c. 1834
Color woodblock print; chuban
25.4 × 19.1 cm
Art Institute of Chicago
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/25093/bullfinch-and-weeping-cherry-uso-shidarezakura-from-an-untitled-series-of-flowers-and-birds

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  Katsushika Hokusai (1760 - 1849)   Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾 北斎) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period, active as a painter and pri...