Hokusai

Hokusai used scale when he painted Mount Fuji. His composition in The Great Wave and The Inlet of Nobuto placed Mount Fuji in a distant center point in each painting. Mount Fuji is symbolic in each painting, yet he uses scale to give importance to the catastrophic waves, or the Japanese villagers gathering peacefully. In both paintings, Mount Fuji is the background. The mountain is undefeated by natural disasters. In The Inlet of Nobuto, the mountain is really distant, and completely covered with snow; even though, the sun is shining. The Great Wave’s Mount Fuji, is accumulating snow. In the painting The Great Wave, Hokusai used curved lines, and white color to give the waves form. He then creates a circular shape that forms the waves from…

The Dawn at Isawa in Kai Province is a painting in a collection of works titled Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji, by artist Katsushika Hokusai between 1830-1833. However, even though the series is named thirty-six views, Dawn at Isawa in Kai Province is the fifth of an additional ten paintings added onto the original set of thirty-six due to the overall popularity of Katsushika Hokusai’s work. The series, as the title states, contains thirty-six various views of Mt.Fuji and the areas surrounding the…

to Japanese art. However, in The Great Wave the nature seems to rebel against men, while in The Inlet of Nobuto it embraces them inserenity and harmony. Perhaps, this change in dynamics reveals various life circumstances the people of Japan have faced over the years. For this reason, it may appear that Hokusai has handled the subjects in the two images in a different fashion. Nonetheless, the opposite may be true due to the submissive aspect of the people that appear to be deeply connected with…

Michael and I are just slipping down to the pub for a minute” (1992) by mixing the aboriginal motifs with the French technique of cross hatching and the Japanese style of wood block printed wave. Onus’ work “ Michael and I are just slipping down to the pub for a minute” (1992) is a 50cm by 38cm gouache on illustration board. The use of appropriation and pastiche, mixing of artistic techniques, racial message and humour in the work are all elements making it typical of the post modern style. Onus…

Hokusai’s woodcut began as the optimus prime of his thirty-six piece series of woodcuts: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji. His piece began as a simple drawing that was attached to a slate of cherry wood which was then carved away until the initial drawing was left in the block. This was done several times, once for each color and then for the line work. The woodblocks where inked, pressed against the printing paper individually, and then the back of the paper was rubbed with a tool called a baren…

Not much is known about Katsushika Hokusai date of birth, but it is speculated that he was born on approximately October 31, 1760. He was born in Edo, Japan, which is now modern day Tokyo. His father was also an artist. He created mirrors for the Shogun that had very detailed borders around the mirrors. Not much is known about his mother, but is much speculation that was in fact a concubine. At age six Hokusai started to paint, learning as much as he could from his father. When he was twelve he…

The Great Wave off Kanagawa, which is additionally called The Great Wave or The Wave for short, is a wood block print made in japan by the artist Hokusai. It was created by Hokusai sometime between 1830 and 1833 as the very first print in Hokusai's series 36 Views of Mount Fuji. It is one of Hokusai's most famous work. Also considered in the art world as one of the most recognizable pieces of Japanese art in the world. The image is essentially, a massive wave threatening boats off the coast of…

“The Gift of the Sea” is an oil painting made by Aoki Shigeru in 1904. The painting depicts a scene of nude fishermen walking along a shoreline with their captured haul saddled onto their shoulders. The composition of the work pushes the viewer’s vision to the left side as all figures face and walk towards that direction. This push to the left is also emphasized through the spears of the fishermen, which look like arrows directly informing the viewer to follow its trajectory. Aoki Shigeru…

There are many different themes for “The Wave” my three are popularity, events happening again or going back in time and forgiveness. Those are my themes for the wave. The title of this book is “The Wave”, the author is Todd Strasser and the genre is realistic fiction. Those are my three themes and most of them are not very nice things, but Mr.Ross made his experiment and if he never did this all would have never happened. I think the first one is popularity because everyone but Laurie Sanders…

Japanese art is a classic in Asian art. Both images do show beauty and nature, as well as water being the subject of both paintings. “The Great Wave off Kanagawa shows water being violent and fearful especially at the peak in the wave. “The Inlet of Naboot” shows water as being peaceful. In Hokusai's Great Wave, I feel the unifying theme is endless. The great wave comes through Japan in the painting; even though, Mount Fuji is still standing in the background. The wave signifies natural…