Museum of Fine Arts Boston HOKUSAI: INSPIRATION AND INFLUENCE — Picture Preview

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Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence
Katsushika Hokusai, Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa-oki nami-ura), also known as the Great Wave

WHEN:

March 26 - July 16, 2023

WHERE:

Museum of Fine Arts Boston
465 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115

TICKETS:

$34

For more information and tickets visit the Museum of Fine Arts website.

Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence
Katsushika Hokusai, Fine Wind, Clear Weather (Gaifū kaisei), also known as Red Fuji
Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence
Utagawa Hiroshige, The Sea off Satta in Suruga Province (Suruga Satta kaijō), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjūrokkei), 1858
Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence
Katsushika Hokusai, The Ghost of Oiwa (Oiwa-san), from the series One Hundred Ghost Stories (Hyaku monogatari), about 1831–32
Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence
Katsushika Ōi, Three Women Playing Musical Instruments, 1818–44
Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence
Oidlon Redon, The misshapen polyp floated on the shores, a sort of smiling and hideous Cyclops, plate no. 3 from the set The Origins, 1883
Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence
Katsushika Hokusai, Carp and Iris, about 1808–13
Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence
Katsushika Hokusai, Yoshitsune’s Horse-washing Falls at Yoshino in Yamato Province (Washū Yoshino Yoshitsune uma arai no taki), from the series A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri), about 1832
Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence
John Cederquist, How to Wrap Five Waves, 1994–95
Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence
Katsushika Hokusai, Watanabe no Gengo Tsuna and Inokuma Nyūdō Raiun, from an untitled series of warriors in combat, about 1833–35
Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence
Loïs Mailou Jones, Japanese Waterfall (repeat pattern based on Ukiyo-e Japanese print), 1925

A spokesperson describes the event as follows:

"Taking a new approach to this endlessly inventive and versatile Japanese artist, “Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence” explores his impact both during his lifetime and beyond. More than 100 woodblock prints, paintings, and illustrated books by Hokusai are on view alongside about 200 works by his teachers, students, rivals, and admirers, creating juxtapositions that demonstrate his influence through time and space."

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