Hokusai’s The Great Wave

Hokusai’s The Great Wave

Woodcut print of Mount Fuji with lots of tiny trees.

Japanese woodcut of a large eagle over a mountain

We visited The Whitworth Gallery in Manchester today to see the Hokusai and Hiroshige exhibition. Two Great Waves plus some other gorgeous pieces. My favourite was the bird over the mountain in the distance. #art #manchester #whitworthgallery #hokusai #hiroshige

Woodblock print showing a night view of the back of a woman as she walks away past a glowing street lantern. The woman is wearing a red, patterned kimono, with her hair in a traditional Japanese hairstyle. The image is in the typical ukiyo-e style - simple, but elegant, brush strokes outline flat blocks of colour for the figure of the woman and lantern. The background is just solid grey.

Digital copy of the original woodblock print, split into the black keylines, grey background, red kimono and lantern, and the yellow collar and pattern on the kimono.

I've been teaching myself Japanese woodblock printing - "mokuhanga" - for a bit now, so it might be interesting to post something of my attempts.

My current print is the 'Fuchū' vignette taken from panel 6 of #Hiroshige's 'harimaz-e' series, Pictures of the […]

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The Fox Trap (ca. 1845) by Utagawa Hiroshige.

Source: @rijksmuseum.bsky.social

Available to buy as a print.

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#journeys #ukiyo-e #japan #hiroshige #umbrellas #lanterns #travel #walking #art #publicdomain

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Mossy Trunk and Cherry Blossoms (1837) by Utagawa Hiroshige.

Source: @rijksmuseum.bsky.social

Available to buy as a print.

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#ukiyo-e #nature #japan #hiroshige #floral #golden #flowers #art #publicdomain

Beneath the Great Wave: Hokusai and Hiroshige review – how two Japanese masters reinvented art Hokusai’s breathtaking woodblock print may be ubiquitous today but, as this startling show reminds us, it’s also an apocalyptic vision of a world about to change

🌊🎨 Beneath the Great Wave: #Hokusai and #Hiroshige #Exhibition #Review – how two Japanese masters reinvented #art

#Whitworth, #Manchester

#Japan #Painting

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
A Collection of Plays Old and New: Shizuka Gozen and Tadanobu in Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees, ca. 1849-50

For more info visit: www.scholten-japanese-art.com/printsV/4878

#JapanesePrint #WoodblockPrint #Ukiyoe #Hiroshige #ScholtenJapaneseArt

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido: Station 22, Fujieda, Changing Horses and Porters, ca. 1832-33

For more info visit: www.scholten-japanese-art.com/printsH/4508

#JapanesePrint #WoodblockPrint #Ukiyoe #Hiroshige #HorseArt #ScholtenJapaneseArt

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido: Station 8, Oiso, Tiger Rain, ca. 1832-33

For more info visit: www.scholten-japanese-art.com/printsH/4505

#JapanesePrint #WoodblockPrint #Ukiyoe #Hiroshige #ScholtenJapaneseArt

It’s cold here and Julie has decided to sit this part of the trip out on this truly cold #Caturday.

#Hiroshige #sketch #drawing

the poet of rain, Hiroshige In my rambling offer for today I neglected to mention that this great wood block artist was sometimes known as the “poet of rain.” His images, the soft colors he used, the stories each wood block prin...

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Yesterday I had a Red Admiral and American Lady in the garden. Seems only natural that they be here….

#Hiroshige #Butterflues #drawing #sketch #art (?)

A Stunning Collection of Ukiyo-e Masterpieces: Flower and Bird Prints from the Rockefeller Collection Debuting in January The Rockefeller Collection, highlighting masterpieces of ukiyo-e artists, including Hokusai and Hiroshige, will be released on January 17, 2026.

A Stunning Collection of Ukiyo-e Masterpieces: Flower and Bird Prints from the Rockefeller Collection Debuting in January #Japan #Hokusai #Chiba #Ukiyo-e #Hiroshige

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: Dyers' Street, Kanda, 1857

For more info visit: www.scholten-japanese-art.com/printsV/4685

#JapanesePrint #WoodblockPrint #Hiroshige #Ukiyoe #Fuji #MtFuji #ScholtenJapaneseArt

Photo inage with blueish evening tone - a jouse on the trees. Tall pine trees.

Reading and research on Hiroshige .. and now i see him everywhere .. 😳
#art #hiroshige #prints #landscape

It was a quiet day on the Tokaido….

#Hiroshige #cats #sketch #Yokkaichi #Tokaido

From the further adventures of Julie on the Tokaido. She is setting a blistering pace….

#Hiroshige #Japan #cats #art (?) #drawing #sketch

a big tree at night, white foxes before the tree

Wishing you all a wonderful year 2026!
#newyear #hiroshige #ukiyoe

Hiroshige, New Year's Eve foxfires at the changing tree, Oji, 1857

Julie continues her walk from Edo to Kyoto, thanks, in no small part, to Hiroshige. Here she is carried towards Numazu, both as a kabuki mask and in person.

#cats #Hiroshige #drawing #sketch #landscape

Foxes gather under a tall, mostly leafless hackberry tree on New Year's Eve; from here, they will make their annual pilgrimage to the Oji Inari Shrine. In the shadowy fields beyond, more foxes have gathered, and a number of kitsunebi - magical foxfires - glow and dance in the air around them. Further on, traditional thatched-roof farm buildings are tucked in next to a forested hillside; these buildings are dark and quiet, the humans who live there seemingly oblivious to the activity in the fields. Above, scattered stars shine in a cloudless night sky.

Title: Foxfires at the Changing Tree (c.1857)

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige

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Julie walking down the Tokaido at Hara.

#Hiroshige #cats #Tokaido #sketch #drawing #art (sorta)

What's Up Hiroshige?
Hiroshige's top line.

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If you look at the top of these prints by Hiroshige, it's actually pretty wild.

#art #arthistory #hiroshige #pictorialspace #colormovementtheory #letstalkaboutart #painting #oilpainting #paintingtips #paintingtutorial

A snowy landscape scene. Snow covered hills surrounding a lake and snow falling against a black sky. A taller hill in the foreground with some trees near the base and a single tree on top.

'Iki Province: Shisa' from the series 'Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan]' - Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856.
#JapaneseArt #ukiyoe #hiroshige

Utagawa Hiroshige II & Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Thirty-Six Scenes of the Pride of Edo: First Visit to Oji Inari Shrine, 1864

More info: www.scholten-japanese-art.com/printsV/4739

#JapanesePrint #WoodblockPrint #Ukiyoe #OjiShrine #Edo #Hiroshige #Kunisada #ScholtenJapaneseArt

Hiroshige’s Winter Views of Edo The post Hiroshige’s Winter Views of Edo appeared first on DailyArt Magazine.

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido: Station 29, Hamamatsu, Winter Scene, ca. 1832-33

For more info visit: www.scholten-japanese-art.com/printsH/4683

#JapanesePrint #WoodblockPrint #Ukiyoe #Hiroshige #WinterScene #FiftyThreeStationsoftheTokaido #ScholtenJapaneseArt

Preparing for our vacation…

#Tokaido #Hiroshige #Japan #vacation

Uniqlo Ukiyo-e Blue T-shirts: A cool-hued reinterpretation of some of Japan’s greatest paintings Collaboration with American art museum puts the works of Hokusai and Hiroshige in the Prussian blue spotlight. Uniqlo’s UT line of graphic T-shirts are essentially wearable works of art, mobile, short-sleeved display spaces for showing off artistic styles and design aesthetics that speak to you. With Uniqlo being a Japanese fashion brand, a lot of […]

Mary Cassatt uses color movement and reverse atmospheric perspective to create a masterpiece!

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#art #arthistory #marycassatt #pictorialspace #colormovementtheory #letstalkaboutart #painting #oilpainting #femaleartists #colortheory #paintingtips #landscapepainting #hiroshige

Yesterday was a day of quiet but frenzied #Xmas shopping at a nearby #Christmas village. Now we spend the next few weeks prepping for our holiday visit to 12 of the stations of the #Tokaido. Thanks, #Hiroshige.