Well, you seemed to really like just about everything to do with Alfred's Curator's Corner episode, didn't you? That is except for the fact that there just weren't enough drawings. So we've put together a curator's tour of the exhibition, to show you even more of these works. Also one of you lovely commenters gets a shout out. See you at 18.15 BST!
I’m very interested in how the woodblock cutters turned these into prints. I would really like a video on this topic. These forgotten tradesmen had tremendous skill
Thank you so very much appreciate it I will be watching this over an over an he is so informative I really do hope to see many more again thank you for sharing
Thank you so much! I really enjoyed Alfred's Curator's Corner and bought the book, so I'm delighted to see this new video, too. As I can't travel, I'm so very grateful for being able to see these films. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
@@injujuan8993 likely the exhibition had its own edition i am gonna try amazon - but am currently homeless. my hokusai art books big are in expesive storage you'd LOVE the views of TŌKAIDŌ ! the famous road to edo which became the name of that Top martial arts dōgi i had a couple lost in homelessness but probably one is there somewhere in storage $460 a month..
These drawings, their style, their technique, all look so modern despite being nearly 300 years old. Hokusai is easily one of the most influential artists in history but is often so underappreciated
I am feeling really stupid as I had never noticed the boats and the fishermen. Maybe because cards are small and the wave is big or maybe I’m just blind to small detail. Now the print means more to me than the amazing wave. Loved this talk. It could be even longer!
No reason to feel stupid. One of the reasons Alfred pointed out the boats and Mt Fuji in the background is that they are so easily missed, particularly as the colour of the boats (originally yellow) has faded quite a bit in many of the prints of the Great Wave. We've got a whole 20min video about the Wave coming out in 2 weeks. After that, you'll know EVERY detail like the back of your hand.
When I was 4-6 years old, from 1954 to 1956 we lived in Tokyo. My mother who was an art major used to go out into the Japanese countryside and buy artwork from people that were looking for ways to create an income so close to the end of the war. As a result, I have a Hokusai that has been been in the family since those days
Prior to these two videos, if were at the museum, I would have skipped this room. Now were I to visit it would be the first place I would go. Stuck in the states, damned virus.
I've got an offset copy of Suikoden that was printed during the war and keeps all the old woodblock illustrations. I picked it up for a song and it's one of my prized possessions in my collection of Japanese art along with a Kuniyoshi "original" of Ichikawa Danjuro VIII (shortly before his suicide!) from 1853 that appears to be the only copy (or one third of it anyway) of this print that survives.
Easily one of the best museums I have ever been to. I wish I lived in London so that I could visit every day. There is just so much contained within those walls and each item is a breathtaking wonderment. Im so happy that I discovered this channel.
This is excellent. Thank you for making this video. I really appreciate all the work you all at the museum have done to preserve and present these extremely rare images.
11:00 ...and of course this legendary 1831 print of the "Great Wave Off Kanagawa" was used in 1905 on the cover of the score for Debussy's piece titled: La Mer. (The Sea). Over time of course, different waves were used and the three fishing boats were removed. A sort of mid century Photoshop 😊.
I wish Room 90 had been as empty as this when I saw the exhibition, lovely to have this tour after the event of my visit, hope to get there again before it ends, its well worth any views.
As I looked at the description of the book, I was suddenly reminded of Chris VanAllsburg's picture book "The Mysteries of Harris Burdick", which was also released as a set of prints, so the individual 'story starter' illustrations could be displayed to a group or classroom. A large-form set of 'flash-cards' of Hokusai's Picture Book of Everything drawings, with details printed on the back of each, would be amazing! You could arrange them into your own order, and see how you match up to the curators. Maybe 5" x 7" size.
You familiar with David Bull? A Canadian living with in Japan Tokyo who is a dedicated woodblock carver and has worked very hard to preserve the art form
Oh dear! I wanted to see this exhibition last year, but they weren’t exhibited at that time. All were in the archive as if they were going to be there forever, unfortunately and yet here we are.
I recently purchased the book, which is lovely and a great value at 20£. However, the shipping to the US was 34£ and priority was the only option. I'm happy to use slower shipping if it was an option - I'd be far more likely to purchase additional items from The British Museum. Perhaps you can open a US Store?
With all respect, there is was too much of the talking head (Alfred Haft). I would have preferred only views of Hokusai's works. In 'Victory at Sea', you never saw the narrator. Thank you for your efforts. May you and yours stay well and prosper.
In the past, the capital of Japan was traditionally Kyoto. In the beginning of the Tokugawa Shogunate (where the Tokugawa was the self-appointed head of the military, and the Emperor was a figurehead) Ieyasu Tokugawa established his headquarters at the Castle Town of Edo. So there was the "official" capital of Kyoto (literally "Capital City"), and the Shogunate's Edo, which was the place everyone wanted to be and became one of the largest cities in the world. In the mid-1800s, Japan had the Meiji Restoration, putting the Emperor back into power. The Emperor then moved his capital to Edo, renaming it Tokyo (Eastern Capital). The Japanese name for Japan is Nippon or Nihon (both are legitimate, for different contexts). Japan itself probably comes from Portugese attempts to spell the word, and a whole lot of messy inbetweens.
British Museum: where everything of global fame is nothing of British Origin. But there has to be a remnant of British era esque occupancy somewhere eh?
Background music too loud and distracting. Who uses background music in a lecture not about music? And WHY? Is there Muzak(TM) blaring throughout the British Museum? I'm sorry that I was unable to watch the video as I'm quite a fan of Japanese art.
I think it’s ok to pronounce the “u” here. You’re right that some people don’t pronounce it, maybe only a subtle “u,” but it depends on the individual, doesn’t it?
Why can't the British understand that the Japanese don't pronounce the vowel U in the middle of the name or indeed often placed at the end of words. Go listen to a Japanese person talk about the great man and then listen to those who ain't got a clue. It's HokSai not Hok U Sai
Realism, accentuated by lines, was the dominating style within Japanese and Asian art in general. WESTERN REALISM, REALISTIC EXPRESSIONISM AND CERTAINLY MODERN ART OF THE 19/20TH CENTURY ARE VASTLY SUPERIOR........... The exhibition of HOKUSAI drawings shows again that the Britisch Museum has an outdated bourgeois taste, and does not understand the essence of art.....
@@marcionphilologos5367 Gosh, you are just another one who thinks he has the One and Only Truth and everyone else is just to be despised or pitied. How obtuse.
@@nct948 Yes, my truth is based on the PHILOSOPHIES of PARMINEDES, SOCRATES, EUCLIDES, PLATO, ARISTOTELES, ZENO, CICERO, SENECA, PHILO, MARCUS, MARCION, BASILIDES, JUSTIN, ORIGEN, CLEMENS, TERTULLIANUS, PLOTINUS, EUSEBIUS, VICTORINUS, PROCLUS, BOETHIUS, EUGENIUS, ANSELMUS, THOMAS, SIGER, PLETHON, MOORE, ERASMUS, LUTHER, CALVIJN, BACON, WOLFF, HERDER, LEIBNIZ, SPINOZA, SCHELLING, ROUSSEAU, ROBESPIERRE, HEGEL, SPENCER, MONDRIAN, SPENGLER, FREUD, HEIDEGGER, SARTRE, ADORNO, FROMM, MARCUSE, LYOTARD ETC. If you have not read and understood these philosophers, than I do not discuss with you....
Ooo this was great thankyou! I loved the Curator's Corner and to see the exhibition like this is amazing. I no longer live in London and am unable to visit, the videos you do make me feel I'm still part of the Museum's appreciation society!
So when will we have a book of these drawings. It would be fine even without commentary. Not that there was anything wrong with the commentary. Just Hokusai does not need it.
