A rare complete set of 46 ukiyo-e woodblock prints by Katsushika Hokusai featuring Fujisan will go up for sale at Christie's in New York in March 2024. The auction house expects the prints in the "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" series, made between 1830 and 1833, to fetch a total price "in the...
One of the most iconic ukiyo-e woodblock prints has sold for $2.76 million at the Christie's auction house in New York, a record for a print by Katsushika Hokusai.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Arts/Hokusai-s-Great-Wave-print-sells-for-record-2.8m-in-New-York
Kanazawa Hakkei (金沢八景) is a series of eight scenic ukiyo-e depictions of two villages in former Musashi Province, Mutsuurashō (六浦荘村) and Kanazawa (金沢村) Village located in modern-day Kanazawa Ward of Yokohama. It is also a common name for the area around Kanazawa-Hakkei Station on Keikyū Line...
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Colour woodcut by Torii Kiyonaga (1784): Kugatsu: isaribi (九月 漁火), “The Ninth Month: fishing boat lights", from the series Minami jūnikō (美 南 見 十二 候," Twelve months in the south ")
The art of Japanese woodblock printing, known as ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating world"), reflects the rich history and way of life in Japan hundreds of years ago. Ukiyo-e: The Art of the Japanese Print takes a thematic approach to this iconic Japanese art form, considering prints by subject...
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