Hokusai Masters Of The Japanese Woodblock 2022 Calendar. Designs like the Great Wave and Red Mount Fuji have made him immortal. The Japanese woodblock print ukiyo-e tradition is one of the worlds greatest artistic achievementsBy looking at creative geniuses like Harunobu Utamaro Hiroshige Hokusai and Chikanobu this five-part course examines the rise and development of ukiyo-e as an art form as well the culture that sustained it from the late 1600s to the early twentieth century.
Hokusai is best known for the woodblock print series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji which includes the internationally iconic print The Great Wave off Kanagawa. This selection of reproductions is a mixture of Hokusais Utamaros and Kunisadas works and works of European masters from the 20th century. The first exhibition Masters of Japanese prints.
Hokusai and Hiroshige landscapes.
Hokusai was a prolific artist and the exhibition will include prints paintings and illustrated books displaying his work. 31 October 1760 10 May 1849 known simply as Hokusai was a Japanese artist ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. We are showcasing our collection of Japanese woodblock prints over the next year. A free standing tent style desk calendar -158mm wide x 163mm high.