#Hokusai is well known for his landscape prints and his famous #Manga sketchbooks but he was also a painter and designer of surimono prints.
#surimono #japaneseprints #ukiyo-e #phoenix
I've shared 2 of his lesser known surimono prints and in the middle is part of a screen painting of a phoenix for contrast.
I have used this one a few times before as as well as being a well designed print it shows traditional asian brushes,an inkstone, and a block of ink.
This is a detail of a 8 fold screen set of paintings probably used in a bedroom.
Japaneses prints had a variety of formats.
Surimono often feature long horizontal formats as they were frequently folded into pamphlets and given as newyear gifts.
More Hokusai soon!
I'll try to find some unusual images that illustrate all aspects of his work.
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