The Rediscovery of 103 Hokusai Lost Sketches (2021)
61 points by debo_ 5 days ago | 7 comments
xrd 9 hours ago
Every few months I post this link again about how ALL comics (well, at least Japanese ones...) start from Hokusai Manga and this exhibit tells that story beautifully.
replyhttps://hokusai.anotherstory.world/en/
It's terrific, and touring for several years all over the world.
MPSimmons 9 hours ago
I got to visit the exhibit when it was in Boston's MFA in 2014 or so, and it was really awe-inspiring. They had wood blocks from period prints and it's just amazing what artistry was able to come from that. I got a print of Red Fuji while I was there, and it still hangs on my wall.
replybeerbajay 6 hours ago
Wood block print maker David Bull produced NEW wood block prints based on these sketches: https://mokuhankan.com/subscriptions/reborn.html
replyHe streams regularly on twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/japaneseprintmaking
KPGv2 4 hours ago
It's a shame that they won't ship to the US at all (and apparently Japan's post office won't even accept packages to the US) because of the tariff stuff. Here's hoping today's SCOTUS ruling overturning almost all the tariffs fixes this soon.
replyThe last thing I ordered from Japan, I had chatted with the vendor who had a friend in South America who was traveling to the US for vacation in December.
So they shipped the package to the friend, who took it on vacation to the US and shipped it domestically to me just because of this tariff fuckery.
MengerSponge 4 hours ago
I bought one of his prints of The Great Wave off Kanagawa. It's stunning.
replyThe series is up there with Clickspring's skeleton clock in my pantheon of "greatest long-form process videos"
I believe this is the correct link to a full list of the Lost Sketches: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/search?keyword=ehon...