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August 9, 2020

Hokusai’s Sudden Gust

Hokusai's woodblock print "Ejiri in Suruga Province", depicting people in Edo-era clothing bracing against strong wind, with one man losing his hat into the air

The New York Times has posted a lovely analysis of my favorite woodblock print by Hokusai, “Ejiri in Suruga Province” (circa 1830, from his “Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji” series), in which a sudden blast of wind is the invisible subject of the piece. Nature and landscape and social class and quotidian humor, all meeting together in a pivotal moment of art history where Dutch imports influenced the Edo-era artists whose own innovative works quickly influenced the French.

Go check it out →

Tagged:

  • art
  • art history
  • hokusai
  • japan
  • printmaking
  • ukiyo-e
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