Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 54940
Chüdö at Töeizan
- Artist / 作者
- Katsushika Hokusai葛飾北斎
- Date / 年代
- 1785-1792
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / honolulu
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 481 × 319 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Honolulu Museum of Art
- Published by / 公開者
- 森川ミドリ
- Rights / 権利
- No reusable image license documented
- Attribution / 表記
- Honolulu Museum of Art
Catalog note / 解説
This print demonstrates Hokusai's knowledge and use of Western perspective. It was created when Hokusai was in his late 20s and using the artistic name Katsukawa Shunrö, after his master Katsukawa Shunshö (1726-92), who specialized in yakusha-e (actor prints). Hokusai and other artists tried to learn and apply the principles of Western-style perspective: a single, fixed view point, low horizon, and a diminishing of size from foreground to background in order to obtain the visual effect of distance. Hokusai's Shunrö period lasted from 1779 until 1794. During this time, Hokusai produced a number of actor prints in the Katsukawa School style. This was thought to be Hokusai's training period, d…
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