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New Hokusai Graphic Biography Shares Stories from His Extraordinary Life

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Francesco Matteuzzi and Giuseppe Latanza March 29, 2021March 29, 2021

At the age of 44, Hokusai took on an amazing challenge: a giant portrait of the founder of Zen Buddhism.

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A Photographic Tribute to Hokusai’s Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji

by Claire Voon September 1, 2017August 31, 2017

In a new book, Raoul Ries uses his camera to weave together a new, 21st-century narrative of the mountain.

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Hokusai’s Picture Book of Everyday Life in Edo-Era Japan

by Claire Voon November 16, 2016

The manuscript would have been destroyed if its pages had been used to create a printed book during Hokusai’s lifetime.

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Have Hokusai, Will Travel: Japan’s New Passports Feature Ukiyo-E Master’s Prints

by Claire Voon May 23, 2016May 31, 2016

Japanese citizens are set to receive new passports, and they will salute Katsushika Hokusai, the renowned ukiyo-e printmaker and painter.

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Mesmerizing GIFs of Japan’s Floating World

by Claire Voon August 20, 2015August 20, 2015

Centuries-old Japanese ukiyo-e have received a delightful update, transformed into animated scenes that sometimes include surprising, modern imagery.

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Goblins, Ghosts, and Ghouls in Japanese Prints

by Laura C. Mallonee October 31, 2014October 7, 2016

If you want to hear a terrifying ghost story this Halloween, look to Japan.

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The Overlooked Elegance of Japanese Pattern Books

by Philip A Hartigan July 28, 2014July 29, 2014

The major difference between this and other exhibitions of Japanese moku hanga (woodblock printing) is that the prints were all made as pattern and design books for the Japanese textile market.

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