Face to Face with Hokusai's Self Portrait - Edward Luper Art
Japanese print artist Katsushika Hokusai () had an extensive career that witnessed a multiplicity of artistic impacts deriving from both Japanese ideals and non- Japanese innovations. From Sketch to Woodblock Print in the Volkenkunde Depot
The National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden has a fascinating group of European-influenced paintings by Hokusai on Dutch paper, which I was very eager to see. They are extremely vivid and detailed with many of the compositions acting as important precursors to his designs for the 36 Views of Mt Fuji. Hokusai’s Self-portrait and his Sōhitsu Gafu – Rethinking ...
Daan Kok will show us objects from the collection of Museum Volkenkunde such as preparatory sketches by Hokusai, Kuniyoshi, Kunisada, and Kyōsai, sets of printing blocks, the tools to cut these, printing tools, and the final woodblock prints, all from the collection of Museum of Volkenkunde. Hokusai's Commission from the Dutch East India Company In addition to the well-known prints of Japanese landscapes actors and geishas, there are also multi-sheet compositons, fans, pillar prints, luxury square-shaped prints (surimono) and board games. Despite the limited size of the paper and woodblocks, publishers and printmakers managed to create an endless variety of printed matter.BIBLIOGRAPHY — COLLECTING JAPANESE PRINTS Japanese print artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) had an extensive career that witnessed a multiplicity of artistic impacts deriving from both Japanese ideals and non- Japanese innovations.HOW DO KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI’S LANDSCAPE PRINTS COMBINE LOCAL ... The National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden has a fascinating group of European-influenced paintings by Hokusai on Dutch paper, which I was very eager to see. They are extremely vivid and detailed with many of the compositions acting as important precursors to his designs for the 36 Views of Mt Fuji. Art - Sieboldhuis
Since the early 20th century, the Rijksmuseum's collection of Japanese prints has grown to include over 5, Japanese prints, albums and illustrated books. The collection includes important works by famous artists such as Utamaro, Hokusai and Hiroshige from the Edo period.
Hokusai: Prints and Drawings - Matthi Forrer - Google Books
We like mysteries, don’t we? Today we go for this fabulous Hokusai self-portrait as a drawing at the end of a letter to some unidentified publisher. It is signed Hachiemon 八右衛門 with the seal Manji 卍, adding his age as 83 years old 八十三歳, so we know this must date from 
From Sketch to Woodblock Print in the Volkenkunde Depot
The author at the Volkenkunde Museum, Leiden, viewing Hokusai's self portrait, Jan It is not so difficult to walk into a museum and see woodblock prints designed by Hokusai. It much rarer and exciting however, to see paintings and letters by the hand of the artist. This exhibition comes with a free illustrated information booklet. Inspiration from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, includes titles about Hokusai, his teachers, students, and contemporaries as well as the many artists who were influenced by Hokusai and Japanese prints. Also included are titles that explore the impact of Japanese prints on the West.
Siebold collected various of his prints and books, all of very high quality. We like mysteries, don’t we? Today we go for this fabulous Hokusai self-portrait as a drawing at the end of a letter to some unidentified publisher. It is signed Hachiemon 八右衛門 with the seal Manji 卍, adding his age as 83 years old 八十三歳, so we know this must date from 1842.
Hokusai's Commission from the Dutch East India Company
Hokusai, Hiroshige, Kunisada, Sharaku and Utamaru are world famous woodblock artists. Stand face to face with a Hokusai print in our Panorama room and discover several Japanese paintings and prints including works by Hokusai.