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Hokusai The Wave

Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa-oki nami-ura), also known as the Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei), Katsushika Hokusai. Photograph ©️ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.


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The Former Emperor [Sutoku] from Sanuki Sends His Retainers to Rescue Tametomo (Sanuki no in kenzoku o shite Tametomo o sukuu zu), about 1851–52 (Kaei 4–5), Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Photograph ©️ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.


The Story of
H O K U S A I



The Mansion of Plate by Katsushika Hokusai

The Mansion of the Plates (Sara yashiki), from the series One Hundred Ghost Stories (Hyaku monogatari), about 1831–32 (Tenpо̄ 2–3), Katsushika Hokusai. Photograph ©️ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.


BEYOND THE WAVE
The Great Wave made by Jumpei Mitsui with LEGO® bricks

The Great Wave made by Jumpei Mitsui with LEGO® bricks, 2020, Jumpei Mitsui.



PICTURES OF THE FLOATING WORLD

man pulling in fishing line from a high green cliff, mountain in the distance

Kajikazawa in Kai Province (Kо̄shū Kajikazawa), from the series Thirty six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei), about 1830–31 (Tenpо̄ 1–2), Katsushika Hokusai


A
L A S T I N G  
INFLUENCE

L'Eau, 1898, Gisbert Combaz.

White Fujiyama Ski Gelände, from the series In the Floating World, 1999, Yoshitomo Nara.

Photo of the catalogue book cover with the exhibition title printed on top of a artwork detail of a woodblock-printed textural wave
Image of a pile of paper catalogues
Image of a pile of paper catalogues

Images: Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa-oki nami-ura), also known as the Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei), about 1830–31 (Tenpō 1–2), Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, 1760–1849, woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, William Sturgis Bigelow Collection, Photograph ©️ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Former Emperor [Sutoku] from Sanuki Sends His Retainers to Rescue Tametomo (Sanuki no in kenzoku o shite Tametomo o sukuu zu), about 1851–52 (Kaei 4–5), Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Japanese, 1797–1861), woodblock print (nishiki e); ink and color on paper, William Sturgis Bigelow Collection, Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Mansion of the Plates (Sara yashiki), from the series One Hundred Ghost Stories (Hyaku monogatari), about 1831–32 (Tenpо̄ 2–3), Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, 1760–1849, woodblock print (nishiki e); ink and color on paper, William Sturgis Bigelow Collection, Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Great Wave made by Jumpei Mitsui with LEGO® bricks, 2020, Jumpei Mitsui, Japanese, Courtesy of the artist. Kajikazawa in Kai Province (Kо̄shū Kajikazawa), from the series Thirty six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei), about 1830–31 (Tenpо̄ 1–2), Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, 1760–1849, woodblock print (nishiki e); ink and color on paper, Gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich, Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. White Fujiyama Ski Gelände, from the series In the Floating World, 1999, Yoshitomo Nara, Japanese, born 1959, color xerox print of reworked woodcut, Courtesy of Yoshitomo Nara Foundation, Pace Gallery, and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, © Yoshitomo Nara.

Ad images: The Ghost of Oiwa (Oiwa san), from the series One Hundred Ghost Stories (Hyaku monogatari), about 1831–32 (Tenpо̄ 2–3), Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, 1760–1849, woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, William Sturgis Bigelow Collection, Photograph ©️ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Ghost of Kohada Koheiji, from the series One Hundred Ghost Stories (Hyaku monogatari), about 1831–32 (Tenpо̄ 2–3), Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, 1760–1849, woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, William Sturgis Bigelow Collection, Photograph ©️ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Nanba no Rokurо̄ Tsunetо̄, about 1781 (An'ei 10/Tenmei 1), Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, 1760–1849, woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, William Sturgis Bigelow Collection, Photograph ©️ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Watanabe no Gengo Tsuna and Inokuma Nyūdō Raiun, from an untitled series of warriors in combat, about 1833–35 (Tenpō 4–6), Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, 1760–1849, woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, William Sturgis Bigelow Collection, Photograph ©️ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.


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