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                2024年12月4日(水)20時ごろ ソフトバンク株式会社 江夏様: NHK大河ドラマの公式ガイドブック(12月17日に50万部が書店に並ぶ)にて、貴社の確認ミスのために、使用できない固定電話番号03-3861-5023が掲載されていしまうこと確認頂きました。 12月12日(木)17時までに本問題を貴社の責任にて解決頂きたく。   株式会社オーシャンネットワーク 代表取締役社長 大石洋平

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Katsushika Hokusai selected by Life magazine

Katsushika Hokusai has been named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by American Life magazine.Hokusai is a 19th-century Japanese ukiyo-e artist whose work is loved not only in Japan but around the world. In particular, his representative works "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" "Great Wave" and "Hokusai Manga", these woodblock prints are known as world masterpieces.Hokusai also influenced Western art, and is said to have influenced the French Impressionist painters of the 19th century. As a result, Hokusai's influence has left a significant footprint not only in Japan, but also in art history around the world.The 100 people selected by Life magazine include people from various fields, such as politicians, athletes, and cultural figures. It shows...

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Sunshu Ejiri by Hokusai

Sunshu Ejiri is one of the 36 views of Mt. Fuji woodblock print by Katsushika Hokusai. Along with Ejiritsu and Shimizu Minato in the south, Ejiri-juku was an important transportation hub on the Tokaido. A strong wind was blowing on the highway, and people were crouching and holding their hats so they wouldn't be blown away.The strong wind robs the kaishi from the bosom of the hooded woman, and many of them are blown high into the sky.It seems that the hat is leading the kaishi.I draw the wind that I can't see directly.Fuji is calm.Is the contrast between motion and stillness an attempt to express the smallness of human beings who are shaken by the strong wind?At the end...

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Gafu Kaisei, Red Fuji, by Katsushika Hokusai

A masterpiece of the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji series by Katsushika Hokusai. The title "Gaifu" means the south wind. It is said that this scene, also known as "Red Fuji," can only be seen in the early morning from summer to autumn. There are various theories, but it seems that the composition on the right side is conscious of the light from the left side (east), and it is thought that the north side of Mt. Fuji was captured from the vicinity of Lake Kawaguchi. Its majestic appearance, which rises majestically in the cirrocumulus clouds that foreshadow autumn, can be said to be the one and only masterpiece among works that symbolize Mt. Fuji. "Gafu Kaisei" is one of...

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