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Showing posts with label Japanese art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japanese art. Show all posts
Sunday, October 24, 2021
Hokusai: The Great Picture Book of Everything
The Great Picture Book of Everything is a stunning encyclopaedia of Japanese 19th century knowledge, illustrating nature, myth, anthropology, and providing a window into the imagination and technical skill of the master Katsushika Hokusai. Hokusai did 103 beautiful ink brush drawings on small pieces of paper, which are some of the few original works by the master to survive to this day.
Sunday, July 28, 2019
Hamonshu: A Japanese Book of Wave and Ripple Designs (1903)
What we love here at wonder | wander | world is what we choose to share with our beloved readers.
This week's pick strikes at the heart of our love of Hokusai and his ingenious wave - coveted and admired through the years.
The Public Domain Review has featured a series of three books full of elegant wave and ripple designs originally published in 1903 and now available to download free at the Internet Archive (volume one, volume two, volume three).
Let the practice live on - enjoy!
This week's pick strikes at the heart of our love of Hokusai and his ingenious wave - coveted and admired through the years.
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| Kanagawa-oki nami ura |
Let the practice live on - enjoy!
Friday, March 10, 2017
Oei Katsushika : artist, daughter, Hokusai's keeper of secrets
We just celebrated International Women's Day [last March 8] and head into our month long observance of Women's History Month.
Here at wonder | wander | world we are focusing our continued gaze on art in general and women in particular.
Especially in this one particular case, these famous words of Virginia Woolf, another accomplished artist, is all too true and quite sad.
We offer you the rare and unique O-Ei Katsushika - Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter, and secret collaborator on many works of her famous father, Hokusai.
Here at wonder | wander | world we are focusing our continued gaze on art in general and women in particular.
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| Father-Daughter Collaboration |
Especially in this one particular case, these famous words of Virginia Woolf, another accomplished artist, is all too true and quite sad.
We offer you the rare and unique O-Ei Katsushika - Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter, and secret collaborator on many works of her famous father, Hokusai.
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
more finds at 188 Galerie
wonder | wander | world has found more gems from one of our favorite sites, 188 Galerie in New York City.
This month's blog features Sogara Yuzen which means "single view" in Japanese and refers to the large, hand-screened sheets of paper that depict vibrant elements of Japanese art and culture.
Beyond Beauty : Shop our Sogara Yuzen decorative paper. Now available online and at our store.
This month's blog features Sogara Yuzen which means "single view" in Japanese and refers to the large, hand-screened sheets of paper that depict vibrant elements of Japanese art and culture.
Beyond Beauty : Shop our Sogara Yuzen decorative paper. Now available online and at our store.
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