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...
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...
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...
Hokusai's Great Wave off Kanagawa, a woodblock print from the early 19th century, had a significant impact on European art. The print, which depicts a towering wave with Mt. Fuji in the background, was one of a series of images that Hokusai created of Japan's landscape and culture. When Japan opened up to trade with the West in the mid-19th century, these images began to circulate outside of Japan, and they quickly captured the imagination of European artists. In particular, the Great Wave off Kanagawa had a significant influence on the development of Impressionism, which emerged in Europe in the second half of the 19th century. The print's bold, graphic style, use of color and flatness of forms, as well...
Katsushika Hokusai was a Japanese artist and printmaker who lived during the Edo period in Japan. He was born in 1760 in the Edo district of Japan (now Tokyo), and he lived through a time of significant cultural and artistic change in Japan. Hokusai began his career as an apprentice in a print shop, where he learned the techniques of ukiyo-e printmaking. His early work was largely in the traditional ukiyo-e style, featuring scenes of everyday life, landscapes, and famous actors and performers. However, he quickly began to develop his own unique style, characterized by bold compositions, vibrant colors, and a strong sense of movement and dynamism. Over the course of his long and prolific career, Hokusai produced thousands of...
