Friday, September 5, 2014

Painting #069 - Katsushika Hokusai

Color Woodcut / 浮世絵


One of the "Thirty Six Views of Mount Fuji offshore from Kanagawa"
The Great Wave off Kanagawa / 神奈川沖浪裏
Katsushika Hokusai / 葛飾 北斎 (1760–1849, Japanese) in c.1829–32
Color woodcut / Ukiyo-e / 浮世絵(日本的风俗画)(26 × 38 cm)
Various copies in different museums/galleries




with Japanese gagaku 
(elegant court music 雅楽) 
in the background.



Ref 1: Katsushika Hokusai
Ref 2: Katsushika Hokusai




Three Beauties of the Time / 当時三美人 / Tōji San Bijin
- Kitagawa Utamaro / 喜多川 歌麿 (c.1753–1806, Japanese) in c.1793
- Color woodcut / Ukiyo-e / 浮世絵(日本的风俗画)(38 × 25 cm)
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston



Source: Wikipedia



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