Exploring the Artistic Legacy of Hokusai in Tokyo
Since 2019, a desire to travel to Japan had been festering within me. With the pandemic this desire grew only stronger as it was delayed...
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Jan 14, 20231 min read
36 Views of the BT Tower: A Sudden Gust of Wind
Though not as popular as 'The Great Wave' or 'Red Fuji', 'A Sudden Gust of Wind' usually comes third in popularity in the series 36 Views...
Jan 12, 20235 min read
Hokusai's Commission from the Dutch East India Company
The National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden has a fascinating group of European-influenced paintings by Hokusai on Dutch paper, which I was...
Jan 11, 20232 min read
Face to Face with Hokusai's Self Portrait
I was fortunate enough while passing through Leiden, Holland, to be given special access to the Volkekunde Museum (the National Museum of...
Jan 27, 20229 min read
Hokusai's People: The Life of a Labourer in Edo
Hokusai is well known for depicting the lives of ordinary people in his drawings and prints, but what do his artworks tell us about those...
Jan 19, 20228 min read
Learning from Hokusai
The influence of Hokusai on subsequent artists is truly huge; ranging from Degas, Van Gogh, Klimt, Picasso (he loved the octopus and...
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