Research Catalog

Title

Hokusai's landscapes : the complete series / Sarah E. Thompson.

Author

Thompson, Sarah E. (Sarah Elizabeth), 1951-

Publication

• Boston, Massachusetts : MFA Publications / Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, [2019]
• New York, New York : Distributed in the United States and Canada by ARTBOOK / D.A.P.
• ©2019

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Additional Authors

• Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Description

215 pages : color illustrations; 29 cm

Summary

"The best known of all Japanese artists, Katsushika Hokusai was active as a painter, book illustrator, and print designer throughout his ninety-year life. Yet his most famous works of all--color woodblock landscape prints issued in series--were produced within a relatively short time, in an amazing burst of creative energy from about 1830 to 1836. These ingenious designs, combining influences from schools of Japanese and Chinese art as well as European sources, display the artist's acute powers of observation and trademark humor, often showing ordinary people from all walks of life going about their business in the foreground of famous scenic vistas. Hokusai's landscapes not only revolutionized Japanese printmaking but within a few decades of his death had become icons of world art as well. With stunning color reproductions of works from the largest collection of Japanese prints outside Japan, this book examines the magnetic appeal of Hokusai's designs and the circumstances of their creation. All published prints of his eight major landscape series--on subjects ranging from waterfalls, islands, bodies of water, and bridges, to scenes inspired by classical poetry--are included."--

Subject

• Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
• 1600-1868
• Color prints, Japanese > Edo period, 1600-1868
• Wood-engraving, Japanese > Edo period, 1600-1868
• Landscape prints > Japan
• Color prints, Japanese > Edo period
• Landscape prints
• Wood-engraving, Japanese > Edo period
• Japan

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (page 205).

Contents

Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji -- A tour of waterfalls in various provinces -- Snow, moon, and flowers -- Eight views of the Ryåukyåu Islands -- One thousand picture of the ocean -- Remarkable views of bridges in various provinces -- A true mirror of Chinese and Japanese poetry -- One hundred poems explained by the nurse.

Call Number

MDBVG (Hokusai) 20-647

ISBN

• 9780878468669
• 0878468668

LCCN

2019944719

OCLC

1125225482

Author

Thompson, Sarah E. (Sarah Elizabeth), 1951- author.

Title

Hokusai's landscapes : the complete series / Sarah E. Thompson.

Publisher

Boston, Massachusetts : MFA Publications / Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, [2019]

Distributor

New York, New York : Distributed in the United States and Canada by ARTBOOK / D.A.P.

Copyright Date

©2019

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (page 205).

Chronological Term

1600-1868

Added Author

Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849, artist. Prints. Selections.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Research Call Number

MDBVG (Hokusai) 20-647