Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. While hokusais prints were often produced in their thousands by teams of craftsmen working to his designs, british colour woodcut artists, usually working alone, tended to produce. A selection of rare prints and paintings that show the stylistic and thematic changes of hokusais formative years, as well as three sets of illustrated books that highlight the artists masterful and compositionally innovative book illustrations, including the complete set of fifteen volumes of. Masterworks of ukiyoe hokusai sketches paintings prints japanese art narazaki. Katsushika hokusai was a japanese artist, ukiyoe painter and printmaker of the edo period best known as author of the woodblock print series thirtysix views of mount fuji fugaku sanjuroku. Many folks are familiar with at least one of hokusais works the oft copied wave. Katsushika hokusai paintings for sale katsushika hokusai. Between 1785 and 1797 hokusai produced many prints, including surimono lavish, privately commissioned prints, brush paintings, and book illustrations under several different go artist names. He is the author of numerous books on hokusai and japanese art, including. Japo art great wave of kanagawa katsushika hokusai giclee canvas prints wall art abstract seascape paintings for living room home decorations modern stretched and framed great wave ii, 36x24 inch only 7 left in stock order soon. His exquisite compositions and dynamic use of color set him apart from other printmakers, and his unequalled genius influenced both. Yoshitoshis one hundred aspects of the moon 2001 other exhibition and library catalogues. Katsushika hokusai 1760 1849 album including eight chuban tatee from serie shinpan omi hakkei no uchi, new edition of the eight vues of omi.
Results advanced search objects museum of fine arts. Pages from the illustrated book shinpen suikogaden creator. One volume of denshin kaishu hokusai manga transmitting the spirit and revealing the form of things random drawings of hokusai was probably all that was originally planned, but the book. It is illustrated in katsushika hokusai paintings, mainich shimbun, 1975. Original hokusai prints for sale japanese greatest artist in history katsushika hokusai 17601849 excelled in all ukiyoe genres. As hokusai produced, literally, in the thousands of prints, the book could not contain them all hence this is the wrong book if this is what a reader is seeking. Pages from the illustrated book shinpen suikogaden. He produced his most iconic designs in the landscape the great wave and the shunga the.
Hokusai was one of the great masters of the japanese woodblock print. This collects together various early and lesser known works by the artist in one place for the first time, and has much supporting information and text. In 1797, hokusai freed himself of all school associations and became an independent artist under the name hokusai, though he continued to use a wide array of go. There are approximately plates, most of them in gorgeous color. Now available again, this book presents a selection of hokusais work known for its exquisite style and marvelous inventiveness. Matthi forrer is a curator for japanese arts at the national museum of ethnology in leiden, germany. Shop for hokusai art prints from our community of independent artists and iconic brands. Prints and drawings by matthi forrer, 97837985044, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Each hokusai art print is produced using archival inks, ships within 48 hours, and comes with a 30day money back. I already had bought at least one other book of hokusai block prints from amazon.
Woman reading a book minneapolis institute of arts. This volume includes fullcolor reproductions of drawings. With respect to actual art work in the book, there are many illustrations of hokusai s most famous illustrations. The hokusai manga was used as a drawing manual by berthe morisot, paul gauguin and vincent van gogh while both claude monet and gustav klimt owned hokusais prints, influencing the development of both impressionism and art nouveau. Hokusai dedicated himself to the katsukawa school until 1785, when he was dismissed due to a disagreement with shunsho. Many of hokusais most famous images come from thirtysix views of mt fuji a series comprised, in fact, of 46 prints, after an additional group of 10 compositions were added to the series. Store selling picture books and ukiyoe by hokusai shows how ukiyoe during the time was actually sold. It has an introdcutory biography at the beginning, before the catalogue, that not only covers hokusais artistic history but also briefly covers other japanese artists. He was born in edo which is now tokyo to a family of artisans. This book presents a selection of hokusais work known for its exquisite style and marvelous inventiveness. Katsushika hokusai 17601849 was a japanese painter and printmaker who was one of the top experts on chinese art in his time. Upon his mentors death in 1793, hokusai became a very successful designer of surinomo, privately commissioned prints. Published from about 1826 to 1833, this famous series including supplements, a total of 46 colour prints marked a summit in the history of the japanese landscape print.
Between 1785 and 1797 hokusai produced many prints, including. As the home of the largest and finest collection of japanese art outside japanincluding the greatest variety of. The format was attractive which meant that i was encouraged to order a second copy to send as a present to a friend. Woman reading a book, 1822 by katsushika hokusai art. Hokusais prints caused a sensation when they were exhibited in paris in 1867. Hokusai, japanese master artist and printmaker of the ukiyoe pictures of the floating world school. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the. Discover book depositorys huge selection of hokusai books online. In this book, hokusai expert matthi forrer traces the artists career and defines his place in relation to his contemporaries and to the history of japanese art. Katsushika hokusai was a brilliant artist, ukiyoe painter and print maker, best known for his wood block print series thirtysix views of mount fuji, which contain the prints the great wave and fuji in clear. Katsushika hokusai 17601849 was the first japanese artist to be internationally recognized, and he continues to inspire artists around the world. Now available again, this book presents a selection of hokusai s work known for its exquisite style and marvelous inventiveness.
Nov 6, 2016 oei also spelled oi, oyei or omiyo was the daughter of hokusai and his only child who survived into and beyond hokusais old age. Between 1785 and 1797 hokusai produced many prints, including surimono lavish, privately commissioned prints, brush paintings, and book illustrations. This book gets 3 stars for the beautiful reproductions of hokusais work. He produced his most iconic designs in the landscape the great wave and the shunga the dream of the fishermans wife genre. Hokusai indiana antique japanese prints for sale ebay. His early works represent the full spectrum of ukiyoe art, including singlesheet prints of landscapes. The great wave off kanagawa by katsushika hokusai poster print.
In fact the prints are beautiful on lovely paper, and the variations should be of interest for anyone finding other hokusai prints outside this book many run so often as to wear out the blocks. Woman reading a book, 1822 giclee print by katsushika hokusai. Unusually in this image, hokusai used a handcolored approach instead of using several separated woodblocks. Hokusai book of postcards born a commoner, katsushika hokusai passionately pursued art for most of his life and by the time of his death at age eightynine was an artist of great renown. When katsushika hokusai 17601849 was 52 years old, he drew more than 300 sketches at his pupils home. Hokusai prints hokusai woodblock prints ronin gallery. Each picture of a print is accompanied by a fairly lengthy explanatory text, and the catalogue of prints is huge. Find art you love and shop highquality art prints, photographs, framed artworks and posters at.
Spanning erotic books, historical novels, and album prints, this introduction traces the full scope of hokusais farreaching portfolio. Meet hokusai, whose majestic wave sent ripples across the world, and trace the scope of a giant of japanese art in this monograph by taschen books. It is signed toyo katsushika hokusai ga, painted by katsushika hokusai of orient and the seal, katsushika hokusai, is the same. Hokusai and hiroshige are ranked among japans gifted and certainly most popular artists, and both made their marks with sets of prints depicting the japanese landscape. Katsushika hokusai japanese printmaking estampe beauties of the spring and autumn left hanging scroll of pair beauties of the spring and autumn the largest of hokusais works is the collection. Book, original woodblock print katsushika hokusai catawiki. Book, original woodblock print katsushika hokusai 17601849 wakan ehon sakigake, shohen great heroes from china and japan, part i ca 1870 meiji 3 the first part of a hero. Beyond the great wave at the british museum in the summer of 2017, and hokusai fuji o koete at the abeno harukas art museum in.
He engaged in book illustrations, lavishly designed board games, and. Matthi forrer is an expert on hokusai and this book complements every other book on hokusai which tend to concentrate on his more famous the wave. And the publisher eirakudo published the first hokusai manga in 1814. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your. While japan was still isolated from the rest of the world, the. Including some 50 stunning and unusual paintings, prints and drawings from the peerless hokusai collection at the museum of fine arts, boston, this book is a treasure trove that introduces readers to.