OBUSE, Nagano Prefecture--An extremely rare hand-drawn portrait likely by renowned ukiyo-e woodblock artist Katsushika Hokusai that recently came to light has triggered a quest to identify the ...
This print has two names: 'Under the Wave off Kanagawa' and 'The Great Wave'. Hokusai used a type of printing called woodblock printing. Woodblock printing began in Japan and is one of the oldest ...
The results highlighted growing interest in South Asian modern and contemporary art, Chinese antiques, and a ubiquitous ...
These haunting figures are a mix of butoh and contemporary dancers in costume, and their meandering performance is titled “Yokai Encyclopedia ... the artist’s woodblock prints.