Japanese Art Prints

The history of Japanese print arts can be traced to its well-known artist Hokusai, known to have inspired the transition of the arts of the country. Originally known to be an apprentice at a woodcut workshop at the age of fifteen, he started to take up his interest in arts and went to the extent of broadening the art knowledge to other art forms that would eventually someday spell the difference of his works with that from others. Hokusai was never content with what knowledge he had. His restlessness and craving for additional knowledge got him into conflicts with other art schools. However, the result was a combination of the arts and producing unique artistic conceptualization and impressive projects that would contribute in the development of Japanese Arts.

Japan has benefited a lot from the efforts of Hokusai. Despite using different approaches, much of his works are renowned worldwide. Among his famous works are the Hokusai prints, like the 36 views of Mt. Fuji and the Shokoku Taki Meguri standing for “A Journey to the Waterfalls of all the Provinces”. Additionally, his works such like the Manga sketchbooks, illustrations and sketches made imploring a variety of subjects that are either humorous or straight. His obsession for the ukiyo-e prints allowed him to make over 30,000 print designs, being the trademark for Hokusai as the most prolific ukiyo-e artist in Japan.