Hokusai by Holmes C. J

Author:Holmes, C. J. [Holmes, C. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781783104963
Publisher: Parkstone International
Published: 2014-05-21T04:00:00+00:00

Blue Fuji

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from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji

(Fugaku sanjūrokkei), c. 1830-1832

Aizuri-e (blue woodblock print), 25.5 x 35.5 cm (ōban)

Musée national des Arts asiatiques – Guimet, Paris

At the same time, Hokusai was the first to make goddesses really beautiful by blending with their traditional attributes the grace and suavity of the living women around him. His gods, in fact, are gods of the people, who have put off their austerity and remoteness to become real and familiar comrades. Monsters, ghosts, and demons are treated in the same spirit. They remain superhuman because it is the essence of their nature, but they are no longer misty and indefinite, or even invincible.

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