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The Great Wave off Kanagawa is also the subject of the 93rd episode of the BBC Radio series A History of the World in 100 Objects produced in collaboration with the British Museum, which was released on 4 September 2010. [86] A replica of The Great Wave off Kanagawa was created for a documentary film about Hokusai released by the British Museum ...
[1] [2] Among the prints are three of Hokusai's most famous: The Great Wave off Kanagawa, Fine Wind, Clear Morning, and Thunderstorm Beneath the Summit. [1] The lesser-known Kajikazawa in Kai Province is also considered one of the series' best works. [3] The Thirty-six Views has been described as the artist's "indisputable colour-print ...
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English: The Great Wave at Kanagawa. Designed by Hokusai Designed by Hokusai 日本語: 神奈川沖浪裏、日本の画家 葛飾北斎、東洋文化における芸術の一例。
The first volume is inscribed by the artist: "From the brush of the former Hokusai Iitsu changing name to Manji, the old man crazy about painting" (Saki no Hokusai Iitsu aratame Gakyo Rojin Manji hitsu). The book is the first major project of his to use the name "Manji" which he wrote with a character meaning ten thousand, a symbol of longevity ...
Fine Wind, Clear Morning, along with Hokusai's other print from his acclaimed Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji series, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, are perhaps the most widely recognized pieces of Japanese art in the world. [6] Both are superb examples of the Japanese art of ukiyo-e, "pictures of the floating world".
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The technique ichimonji bokashi (一文字ぼかし, "straight-line bokashi") is the one associated with the works of Hokusai and Hiroshige to represent the horizon, sea, or sky. Ink is applied to one end of the brush ( kata-bake ) which is drawn across the desired portion of the printing block; this area is first wetted with a zōkin cloth, so ...