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American museums owing Hokusai’s famous wave prints

Katsushika Hokusai, Paintings, Ukiyoe-wood block printing

“The Great Wave Off Kanagawa” by Katsushika Hokusai in US <a data-elementor-open-lightbox=”default” href=”https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/597437a2035f6cfb3ca4d7e4194eef6b.jpg”> <img width=”519″ height=”376″ src=”https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/597437a2035f6cfb3ca4d7e4194eef6b.jpg” alt=”” srcset=”https://i0.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/597437a2035f6cfb3ca4d7e4194eef6b.jpg?w=519&ssl=1 519w, https://i0.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/597437a2035f6cfb3ca4d7e4194eef6b.jpg?resize=300%2C217&ssl=1 300w” sizes=”(max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px” /> </a> <!– Japa Link Unit 2 –> <ins style=”display: block;” data-ad-client=”ca-pub-2105416879233547″ data-ad-slot=”3791981835″ data-ad-format=”link” data-full-width-responsive=”true”></ins> The Great Wave Off Kanagawa, one of the most famous works of […]

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Strawberry geranium and Toad, and Flounder and Dianthus, painted by Katsushika Hokusai

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Hokusai’s painting, “Strawberry geranium and Toad”, and “Flounder and Dianthus” <a data-elementor-open-lightbox=”default” href=”https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/800px-Hokusai_Flat_fish_and_pink.jpg”> <img width=”640″ height=”233″ src=”https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/800px-Hokusai_Flat_fish_and_pink.jpg” alt=”” srcset=”https://i0.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/800px-Hokusai_Flat_fish_and_pink.jpg?w=800&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/800px-Hokusai_Flat_fish_and_pink.jpg?resize=300%2C109&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/800px-Hokusai_Flat_fish_and_pink.jpg?resize=768%2C279&ssl=1 768w” sizes=”(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px” /> </a> <!– Japacul Link Unit –> <ins style=”display: block;” data-ad-client=”ca-pub-2105416879233547″ data-ad-slot=”3145397812″ data-ad-format=”link” data-full-width-responsive=”true”></ins> <h2>”Strawberry Geranium and Toad”</h2> Eaves tile with Mistutomoe Crest which is

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Kinryūzan Temple, Asakusa, by Utagawa Hiroshige

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Kinryūzan Temple, Asakusa <a href=”https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/No.099.jpg” data-elementor-open-lightbox=”yes” data-elementor-lightbox-title=”No.099″> <img width=”635″ height=”960″ src=”https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/No.099.jpg” alt=”” loading=”lazy” srcset=”https://i1.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/No.099.jpg?w=635&ssl=1 635w, https://i1.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/No.099.jpg?resize=198%2C300&ssl=1 198w” sizes=”(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px” /> </a> <!– Japacul Link Unit –> <ins style=”display: block;” data-ad-client=”ca-pub-2105416879233547″ data-ad-slot=”3145397812″ data-ad-format=”link” data-full-width-responsive=”true”></ins> The most famous of “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo” series of 118 works is ’Sudden Shower over

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Best selection of Kitagawa Utamaro’s prints on Amazon

Kitagawa Utamaro, Paintings, Ukiyoe-wood block printing

The prints by Kitagawa Utamaro, for sale on Amazon <img width=”640″ height=”960″ src=”https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/No.006.jpg” alt=”” srcset=”https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/No.006.jpg?w=640&ssl=1 640w, https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/No.006.jpg?resize=200%2C300&ssl=1 200w” sizes=”(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px” /> The works of Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) are known for the beautiful paintings characterized by delicate and elegant lines. He has earned a wide reputation as a <a href=”https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/paintings/ukiyoe”>ukiyo-e</a> artist internationally renowned as

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Hishikawa Moronobu’s Beauty Looking Back painting

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“Beauty Looking Back” <img width=”505″ height=”1024″ src=”https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/505px-Hishikawa_Moronobu_-_Beauty_Looking_Back_-_Google_Art_Project-505×1024.jpg” alt=”” srcset=”https://i0.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/505px-Hishikawa_Moronobu_-_Beauty_Looking_Back_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg?w=505&ssl=1 505w, https://i0.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/505px-Hishikawa_Moronobu_-_Beauty_Looking_Back_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg?resize=74%2C150&ssl=1 74w, https://i0.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/505px-Hishikawa_Moronobu_-_Beauty_Looking_Back_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg?resize=148%2C300&ssl=1 148w” sizes=”(max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px” /> <!– Japacul Link Unit –> <ins style=”display: block;” data-ad-client=”ca-pub-2105416879233547″ data-ad-slot=”3145397812″ data-ad-format=”link” data-full-width-responsive=”true”></ins> One of the most popular paintings which depict a beauty stands in Japan and it is also the most famous artwork by

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Japanese samurai warrior woodblock prints (musha-e of ukiyo-e)

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The heroes for the people of Edo with ukiyoe woodblock prints Kabuki and <a href=”https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/paintings/ukiyoe-wood-block-printing/ukiyoe”>ukiyo-e</a> are the amenities for the townspeople in Edo period (1603-1683). Samurai and ancient battle were one of the popular themes of the theatrical performance and woodblock printing. The stories of samurai made them excited and grieved same as today. Though there were

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Hokusai’s Dragon painting on the festival float

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Hokusai’s outstanding Dragon painting in Obuse, Nagano Prefecture The painting of “Dragon” on the ceiling of the festival float of Higashimachi is owned by Hokusai Museum in Obuse City. Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) visited the small city four times. Even at the first visit, he was over eighty (the average life span of Japanese people at that time was

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Katsushika Hokusai’s dragon and fuji scroll painting

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The meaning of 「富士越龍図」(Dragon over Mt. Fuji) Hokusai’s later years artwork The great painter and woodblock printmaker Katsushika Hokusai died April 18th, 1849. He was 90 years old at the time. According to the record, 翁死に臨み大息し天我をして十年の命を長らわしめばといい暫くして更に言いて曰く天我をして五年の命を保たしめば真正の画工となるを得（う）べしと言吃りて死す ‘On his deathbed, he breathed deeply and said “If the heaven let me

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Hokusai Manga (Sketch) ukiyo-e book by Katsushika Hokusai

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“Hokusai Manga” which influenced Impressionist The sketch for the pupils but… When Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) was 52 years old, he drew more than 300 sketches at his pupil’s home. And the publisher Eirakudo published the first “Hokusai Manga” in 1814. Though Hokusai intended to show his art technique for his pupils, the book became

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Utagawa Hiroshige’s “Hakone, the view of Ashinoko Lake” landscape ukiyo-e print

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“Hakone, the view of Ashinoko Lake” from Fifty-Three Stages on the Tokaido It is a masterpiece Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)‘s artworks painted by a combination of various colors and unusual shapes of Mt Hakone. The ancient Japanese people called Hakone Pass as “The most precipitous in the country, the abyssal ravine”. Hiroshige drew the overflowing

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