c. 1830-32(Tenpo 1-3)／Color woodblock print on paper
25.5 x 37.3 cm
The Beauty of the Floating World in Edo
Exhibition period：Friday May 30～Sunday August 31, 2025
Exhibition period of the work：Friday May 30～Sunday June 29, 2025
Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum (Taipei, Taiwan)
SUMMARY
ARTIST
Katsushika Hokusai
1760-1849
At age 19, he became a disciple of Katsukawa Shunsho and took on the name Shunro. After his teacher Shunsho’s death, he left the Katsukawa school and adopted the name Tawaraya Sori. From then on, he used more than 30 artist names, including Taito, Hokusai, Gakyojin, Iitsu, and Manji Rojin. From his mid-40s he worked on many illustrations for popular literature at the time, such as Takizawa Bakin’s Strange Tales of the Crescent Moon. In 1814, he released Hokusai Manga, a compilation of illustrated models. Entering his 70s, he published series of color prints one after another, including his masterpiece, Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji. In his later years, he also took up the brush and painted.
List of artworks by the same artist
INFORMATION
Friday, May 30 - Sunday, August 31, 2025
The Beauty of the Floating World in Edo Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum (Taipei, Taiwan)
Saturday, November 14 - Sunday, April 4, 2021
Connections: 150 years of Modern Art in Japan and France Pola Museum of Art (Kanagawa, Japan)
Saturday, October 12 - Sunday, November 24, 2013
The Quintessence of Edo Period Painting Nara Prefecture Complex of Man’yo culture (Nara, Japan)
Saturday, October 6 - Sunday, November 25, 2012
Hokusai and Hiroshige Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts (Tokyo, Japan)
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