Paintings

Moon at Gamo

“Moon at Gamo” shinhanga print, by Kawase Hasui

Moon at Gamo, by Kawase Hasui Title: Moon at Gamo Author: Kawase Hasui Year: 1932 Size: 36.1 cm x 23.9 cm Related artworks Works of Kawase Hasui “Full Moon at Kankai Pavillon, Wakanoura”, by Kawase Hasui “Winter Moon at Toyamagahara,” by Kawase Hasui “Night moon, sailboat, and sea”, by Kawase Hasui “Honmon-ji Temple in Ikegami”,

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26 images of The Great Wave Off Kanagawa from museums around the world

26 images of The Great Wave Off Kanagawa from museums around the world One of the world’s most famous ukiyo-e works, “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” from Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)‘s “Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji.” There are currently around 100 pieces of this work, with its striking Prussian blue color and rough waves, existing around

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How many pieces of The Great Wave Off Kanagawa still exist?

How many pieces of The Great Wave Off Kanagawa still exist? “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” from “Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji”, created by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) when he was in his 70s, is one of the most famous ukiyo-e prints. Approximately 100 copies of “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” remain in existence around the

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Hokusai’s works Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji will be put up for auction

All prints of Hokusai’s Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji will be auctioned next March Christie’s, a major London auction house, announced on September 29th that all 46 works in the series “Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji” by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), an ukiyo-e artist from the late Edo period, will be auctioned as a set next

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Ushibori

Difference of ukiyo-e and shinhanga

What is the difference between ukiyo-e and shinhanga? Ushibori, by Kawase Hasui Among Japanese art, “ukiyo-e”, which was very popular around the Edo period, is still very popular. The techniques of artists such as Kitagawa Utamaro (?-1806), Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), and Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858),  at the time had a great influence on Impressionism and Post-Impressionism

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