Japanese Art Hokusai
Hokusai also created erotic art called shunga in japanese.
Japanese art hokusai. Hokusai was extremely famous in 19th century japan but he and his japanese artistic contemporaries were also a major influence on european art especially impressionism and art nouveau. Andreas did his undergraduate minor in asian art incl. The great wave off kanagawa japanese. A collector s obsession with japanese art.
It was the time when vincent van gogh was collecting woodblock prints many that were discarded packaging from goods shipped from japan to europe. Learn about the sea cool and warm colours japan and the great artist hokusai. The current exhibition has been reopened following a temporary closure to accommodate covid 19. Hokusai had a long career but he produced most of his important work after age 60.
Hokusai japanese master artist and printmaker of the ukiyo e pictures of the floating world school. An art lesson plan for key stage 2 students on the great wave off kanagawa. Perhaps the most famous image in the history of japanese art the great wave off kanagawa was created by the craftsman katsushika hokusai 1760 1849 nearly two centuries ago during the. Translated literally the japanese word shunga means picture of spring or spring.
Hokusai reminds us of the exceptional influence his japanese art has had on the western world. By andreas ramos m a. The art of japan and china. Kanagawa oki nami ura under the wave off kanagawa also known as the great wave or simply the wave is a woodblock print by the japanese ukiyo e artist hokusai it was published sometime between 1829 and 1833 in the late edo period as the first print in hokusai s series thirty six views of mount fuji.
Hokusai s best known work and japan s most famous painting is the great wave which is actually western art seen through the style of japanese art. Most shunga are a type of ukiyo e usually executed in woodblock print format. Thirty six views of mount fuji. The art box kodansha 2020 in japanese was originally planned to be a companion piece to the current exhibition the hokusai ー the series thirty six views of mount fuji and a long lost picture scrollー.