Free Download Hokusai Manga by Hokusai Katsushika - TFL
In 1814 the great Japanese artist and printmaker Katsushika Hokusai (1760?1849) published the first volume of his sketches: Hokusai Manga. Originally designed as a reference for his students to emulate it surpassed all expectations and became a bestseller eventually expanding to fifteen volumes and over four thousand images.This three-volume edition is an extensiveIn 1814 the great Japanese artist and printmaker Katsushika Hokusai (1760?1849) published the first volume of his sketches: Hokusai Manga. Originally designed as a reference for his students to emulate it surpassed all expectations and became a bestseller eventually expanding to fifteen volumes and over four thousand images.This three-volume edition is an extensive selection of Hokusais sketches which present all the themes motifs and techniques found in his art. Although they are not based around an ongoing narrative the caricatures satirical drawings and multipanel illustrations can clearly be seen as a forerunner of manga as it is understood today.Volume 1 explores Edo Life the everyday world of the city that would later become Tokyo featuring people from all walks of life at work and at play. Volume 2 is devoted to The Wonders of Nature including animals birds and sh as well as landscapes weather and scenes of natural beauty. Finally volume 3 Flights of Fancy is packed with mythical creatures supernatural beings and all sorts of weird and wonderful imagery from the masters imagination. This collection has enchanted and inspired artists and art lovers for two centuries and is now ripe for rediscovery.(less)
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