Hokusai the great picture book of everything Timothy Clark

Object Details

Notes: Reprinted 2022; "Published to accompany the exhibition Hokusai : great picture book of everything at the British Museum from 30 September 2021 to 30 January 2022"--Title page verso
Summary: "This landmark publication documents a major new discovery of over 100 drawings by the foremost Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai. Acquired by the British Museum in 2020, these previously unpublished drawings had been forgotten for over 70 years. All 103 exquisite drawings are reproduced at full size for the first time. Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) is considered by many to be Japan's greatest artist. During his seventy-year career, he produced a considerable oeuvre of some 3,000 colour prints, illustrations for over 200 books, hundreds of drawings and over 1,000 paintings. This exciting collection of over 103 exquisite small drawings were made for an unpublished book called The Great Picture Book of Everything - featuring wide-ranging subjects from depictions of religious, mythological, historical and literary figures to animals, birds, flowers and other natural phenomena, as well as landscapes. They are dominated by subjects that relate to ancient China and India, also Southeast and Central Asia. Many subjects found in the collection are not found in previous Hokusai works, including fascinating imaginings of the origin of human culture in ancient China. This beautifully produced book draws on the latest research, illustrating the complete set of drawings, published for the first time."--Publisher's description

Data Source: Smithsonian Libraries

Date: 2021; Edo period, 1600-1868; 1600-1868 (Époque d'Edo)

Call number: N7359 .K37 A4 2022

author: Clark, Timothy 1959-
Author: Katsushika, Hokusai 1760-1849 Works Selections
host institution: British Museum

Type: Exhibitions; Expositions; Exhibition catalogs; Catalogues d'exposition

Physical description: 175 pages illustrations 22 x 23 cm

Place: Japan; Japon

Topic: Drawing, Japanese; Brush drawing; Dessin japonais; Dessin au lavis; Drawing, Japanese--Edo period

Record ID: siris_sil_1157635

Usage: CC0