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Katsushika Hokusai: He says his work before the age of 70 is a waste of time!

Katsushika Hokusai: He says his work before the age of 70 is a waste of time!

He said his work before the age of 70 was all waves! fee! time! space! To be able to utter such a sentence and still cannot control his fanatical love for him, he can only be the 18th century ukiyo-e master Katsushika Hokusai. The unique style of painting he pioneered has influenced many schools of painting in Asia and even Europe, and now his works are in the Grand Palais exhibition in Paris, and some of his masterpieces may never be exhibited outside of Japan in the future.

The Tsunaga who knows something about ukiyo-e should be familiar with this "Kanagawa Surf", but do you know that its author is a cattle man? Katsushika Hokusai was a master of ukiyo-e painting in Japan during the Edo period, whose artistic achievements were recognized by the world, and many European Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painters (such as Van Gogh, Monet, Gauguin, etc.) copied his works, and even the inspiration for Van Gogh's painting "Starry Sky" was taken from "Kanagawa Surf".

Katsushika Hokusai: He says his work before the age of 70 is a waste of time!

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"Kanagawa Surf" is a masterpiece completed by Katsushika Hokusai over a period of three years, and this ukiyo-e is now in Paris. To commemorate the 200th anniversary of Katsushika Hokusai's Hokusai Manga, the Japan Foundation for International Exchange and the Grand Palais in Paris, France, held a large-scale exhibition to showcase works from six creative periods of Katsushika Hokusai's painting career from October this year to January 18, 2015, with up to 500 paintings allowing viewers to fully review Katsushika Hokusai's creative process. It is not over, because this exhibition is so important, so that the major art media have sorted out the exhibition strategy, so that the sister will first come to supplement the brain for everyone.

Katsushika Hokusai: He says his work before the age of 70 is a waste of time!
Katsushika Hokusai: He says his work before the age of 70 is a waste of time!

1. What is ukiyo-e?

Ukiyo-e, ukiyo-e, an art form popular in the 17th and 19th centuries, is a woodcut that is a name derived from the "hedonistic culture of the emerging merchant class", and Katsushika Hokusai is best known for his works in the form of ukiyo-e.

Katsushika Hokusai: He says his work before the age of 70 is a waste of time!

2. Where exactly is Edo?

The Edo period, the Edo period, is not a place! It is the period from 1603 to 1868 AD in Japanese history that marked the rapid growth of the economy and the decadent hedonism of the heart that emerged in art, culture, and sex.

Katsushika Hokusai: He says his work before the age of 70 is a waste of time!

3. Shunrō and Uncle Hokusai are good friends?

Think too much, it's a pen name! Shunrō was Katsushika Hokusai's first kana to be used in his creative publications, and he usually changed his kana when his style changed dramatically.

Katsushika Hokusai: He says his work before the age of 70 is a waste of time!

4. What is his share of the Spring Palace Diagram?

Shunga, Spring Palace Diagram. In Japanese slang, spring contains hints of love, and the content of the Spring Palace diagram is about love. Katsushika Hokusai has a famous painting titled "Makoto Haenyeo", depicting a woman making love to a giant octopus, and seeing this painting in that era was really a two-eyed sight, and his series of prints on sex were popular in all walks of Life in Japanese society at that time.

Katsushika Hokusai: He says his work before the age of 70 is a waste of time!

5. Kabuki actors he has also painted

Kabuki, Kabuki. For Edo-era Japan, it was an avant-garde art form, and actors often put on exaggerated costumes and performed in bizarre makeup. Uncle Hokusai created a series of prints of Kabuki actors in 1799.

Katsushika Hokusai: He says his work before the age of 70 is a waste of time!

6. Surimono's early experimental paintings?

Surimono, which literally means "print", unlike ukiyo-e, which was recognized by popular culture, Surimono was created mostly to meet personal collections and small circles to share, rarely sold and displayed publicly, and the style and theme were experimental.

Katsushika Hokusai: He says his work before the age of 70 is a waste of time!

7. Mt. Fuji was painted by him to be enchanted

Mount Fuji, Mt. Fuji is the tallest mountain in Japan, and its near-perfectly symmetrical appearance has always been the pride of the Japanese people. When He was 66 years old, Uncle Hokusai created a series of prints of Mt. Fuji, the first edition was only a 36-scene view of Mt. Fuji from all over the Kanto region, which was well received, so Uncle added 10 more scenes, so the series had a total of 46 scenes, and was released in 1831.

Katsushika Hokusai: He says his work before the age of 70 is a waste of time!

8. Are Hokusai manga sure it's not an H manga?

Hokusai Manga, Hokusai Manga. Although called "manga", it is actually 4,000 sketches depicting nature, plants and ghosts created by Katsushika Hokusai. What the hell is in this uncle's head?

Katsushika Hokusai: He says his work before the age of 70 is a waste of time!

9. He started the Japanese stream

Japanism, first named in 1872, refers to Katsushika Hokusai's influence on later European painters, including the Impressionists Monet, Van Gogh and Gauguin.

Katsushika Hokusai: He says his work before the age of 70 is a waste of time!
Katsushika Hokusai: He says his work before the age of 70 is a waste of time!
Katsushika Hokusai: He says his work before the age of 70 is a waste of time!
Katsushika Hokusai: He says his work before the age of 70 is a waste of time!
Katsushika Hokusai: He says his work before the age of 70 is a waste of time!

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