Overview
This publication has been developed from ideas first presented at the international symposium Late Hokusai: thought, technique, society, held at the British Museum in May 2017. The symposium was organised to enable specialists in a range of disciplines relating to early modern Japan to view and consider the critically acclaimed exhibition Hokusai: beyond the Great Wave, then being presented at the British Museum. The exhibition brought together representative works by the artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760−1849) in the various media in which he worked – colour woodblock printed, woodblock-printed illustrated books, brush paintings on paper or silk, and brush drawings − that were produced between the age of 61 and his death aged 90. Building on the themes of the exhibition, authors from the UK, Europe, Japan and USA have engaged with late Hokusai from a variety of perspectives, both intrinsic and extrinsic to his life and works. Essays have been grouped within the broad categories of ‘thought’ -- Hokusai’s intellectual concerns and the ways his art brought these to life; ‘technique’ – how the artist pursued excellence in a wide range of media, within a commercialised art market; and ‘society’ – dimensions of cultural interaction and patronage. A fourth section on ‘legacy’ looks at how stories of Hokusai have been as much generated by 130 years of scholarship, as they have by his works themselves. Challengingly, faked paintings and printed works have both contaminated and supported those stories. This innovative approach provides new insights into the work of one of the world’s most celebrated artists and suggests many new avenues for Hokusai research.
Full Product Details
Author: Timothy Clark
Publisher: British Museum Press
Imprint: British Museum Press
Volume: 231
ISBN: 9780861592319
ISBN 10: 086159231
Pages: 250
Publication Date: 15 July 2023
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
""Late Hokusai is a valuable addition to any library of Japanese art. The level of knowledge, erudition and dedication of the specialists who contributed to Late Hokusai is unsurpassed. Not only is the quality of editing high, but the numerous, beautifully reproduced illustrations make this an especially helpful source. Late Hokusai is an indispensable companion to the experience of Hokusai.""-- ""Impressions, 45""
Author Information
Timothy Clark FBA is Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Asia at the British Museum. Until 2019 he was Head of the Japanese Section at the Museum, where he led a major reinstallation of the Museum’s permanent collections in the Mitsubishi Corporation Japanese Galleries (2018). Tim curated and co-curated a succession of special exhibitions at the BM, most recently Shunga (2013), Hokusai (2017) and Manga (2018) and Nara (2019). From 2016−2019, he was Principal Investigator in the UK AHRC-funded international research project Late Hokusai: Thought, Technique, Society (2016−2019). His most recent publication is Hokusai: The Great Picture Book of Everything (2021).
