Hokusai: Prints and Drawings

Hokusai: Prints and Drawings

by Matthi Forrer (Author)

Synopsis

This volume includes full-color reproductions of drawings and woodblock prints by Japan's most beloved artist. These landscapes-including his famous views of Mount Fuji- portraits of lovers and kabuki actors, nature and animal illustrations, as well as scenes of daily life in eighteenth and nineteenth-century Japan reveal the artist's genius for rendering a wide variety of subjects. Matthi Forrer discusses in his essay Hokusai's life and lasting popularity while placing his work within the context of Japanese society and the work of his contemporaries.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 215
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Prestel
Published: 01 Mar 2009

ISBN 10: 3791342223
ISBN 13: 9783791342221

Author Bio
MATTHI FORRER is curator of the Japanese Department at the National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden, Germany. His is also the author of Hiroshige: Prints and Drawings (Prestel).