Explore the Beauty of Japanese Fine Art
Explore the Beauty of Japanese Fine Art
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From the Hokusai Anthology of Famous Pictures this woodblock print is titled Morning Downtown After A Heavy Snow. In the mid-1950s, the renowned Takamizawa Publisher released a reprint series of 49 of Hokusai prints including this woodblock print. The series focused on less commonly seen woodblock prints by Hokusai. They included nature scenes, beauties as well as selections from Hokusai’s “100 Views of Mt. Fuji” series. Printed with the attention to detail and exquisite quality of the Takamizawa Publisher.
A man is shovelling snow after a heavy snowfall as two dogs play on the snow mound behind him and pedestrians pause to watch. A vibrant Hokusai winter scene.
Approximate dimensions of the sheet are 30 cm width and 21.5 height. Approximate dimensions of the print are 27 width and 19.5 cm height. Shipping is via Australia Post with tracking and signature.
Please note we do not accept returns. Please review our images to ensure you are happy with this item prior to purchasing.
Hokusai began as an apprentice at a woodcut print workshop at age 15. At 18 he became a pupil of Katsukawa Shunsho and took the name of Katsukawa Shunro. His early prints were actor portraits under the influence of Shunsho. He remained with Katsukawa Shunsho for 14 years and during that period he also studied with Yusen from the Kano school. Hokusai was completely obsessed with producing woodblock prints. He used the art name Gakyo-rojin, from 1834-1849 which also means old man mad with painting.
He wrote in his autobiography about himself:
“From the age of five I have had a mania for sketching the forms of things. From about the age of fifty I produced a number of designs, yet of all I drew prior to the age of seventy there is truly nothing of great note. At the age of seventy-two I finally apprehended something of the true quality of birds, animals, insects, fish and of the vital nature of grasses and trees. Therefore, at eighty I shall have made some progress, at ninety I shall have penetrated even further the deeper meaning of things, at one hundred I shall have become truly marvelous, and at one hundred and ten, each dot, each line shall surely possess a life of its own. I only beg that gentlemen of sufficiently long life take care to note the truth of my words.” Hokusai was also one of the most prolific of all ukiyo-e artists and produced more than 30,000 print designs in his lifetime.
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From the Hokusai Anthology of Famous Pictures this woodblock print is titled Morning Downtown After A Heavy Snow. In the mid-1950s, the renowned Takamizawa Publisher released a reprint series of 49 of Hokusai prints including this woodblock print. The series focused on less commonly seen woodblock prints by Hokusai. They included nature scenes, beauties as well as selections from Hokusai’s “100 Views of Mt. Fuji” series. Printed with the attention to detail and exquisite quality of the Takamizawa Publisher.
A man is shovelling snow after a heavy snowfall as two dogs play on the snow mound behind him and pedestrians pause to watch. A vibrant Hokusai winter scene.
Approximate dimensions of the sheet are 30 cm width and 21.5 height. Approximate dimensions of the print are 27 width and 19.5 cm height.
Shipping is via Australia Post with tracking and signature.
Please note we do not accept returns. Please review our images to ensure you are happy with this item prior to purchasing.
Hokusai began as an apprentice at a woodcut print workshop at age 15. At 18 he became a pupil of Katsukawa Shunsho and took the name of Katsukawa Shunro. The early Hokusai prints were actor portraits and produced under the influence of Shunsho. He remained with Katsukawa Shunsho for 14 years and during that period he also studied with Yusen from the Kano school.
Hokusai was completely obsessed with producing woodblock prints. He used the art name Gakyo-rojin, from 1834-1849 which also means old man mad with painting.
He wrote in his autobiography about himself:
“From the age of five I have had a mania for sketching the forms of things. From about the age of fifty I produced a number of designs, yet of all I drew prior to the age of seventy there is truly nothing of great note. At the age of seventy-two I finally apprehended something of the true quality of birds, animals, insects, fish and of the vital nature of grasses and trees. Therefore, at eighty I shall have made some progress, at ninety I shall have penetrated even further the deeper meaning of things, at one hundred I shall have become truly marvelous, and at one hundred and ten, each dot, each line shall surely possess a life of its own. I only beg that gentlemen of sufficiently long life take care to note the truth of my words.”
Hokusai was also one of the most prolific of all ukiyo-e artists and produced more than 30,000 print designs in his lifetime.
