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Hokusai manga / translated from the Japanese by Polly Barton ; edited by Kyoko Wada.

By: Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849 [artist].
Contributor(s): Wada, Kyōko [editor] | Barton, Polly (Translator).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Thames & Hudson, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 3 volumes : chiefly illustrations ; 15 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780500294611 (paperback).Uniform titles: Hokusai manga. English Subject(s): Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849 | Comic books, strips, etc | Art, Japanese | Drawing | Japan -- Social life and customs -- 1600-1868 -- Caricatures and cartoonsDDC classification: 741.5952
Contents:
Volume 1. Edo life -- Volume 2. The wonders of nature -- Volume 3. Flights of fancy.
Summary: In 1814, Hokusai's sketches were published in a handbook of over 4,000 images: 'Hokusai Manga'. It surpassed expectations as a student reference book, and became a bestseller. Here, in an elegant, three-volume package, an expansive selection of these works are revealed, presenting all of the themes, motifs and drawing techniques found in his art. The caricatures, satirical drawings, multi-panel illustrations and narrative depictions found in the book can clearly be seen as the basis for manga as it is understood today. One volume explores 'The Life and Manners of the Day' (studying habits and objects of the everyday, from architectural features to wrestling moves and facial expressions); the second 'The Whole Earth Catalogue' (largely concerned with nature, from animals to rock faces and fish); and the third presents the 'Fanciful, Mythical and Supernatural' (with images narrating myths and displaying fantastical creatures).
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Reference MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Reference 741.5952 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 00231908
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In 1814, Hokusai's sketches were published in a handbook of over 4,000 images: Hokusai Manga . It surpassed expectations as a student reference book, and became a bestseller. Here, in an elegant, three-volume package, an expansive selection of these works are revealed, presenting all of the themes, motifs and drawing techniques found in his art. The caricatures, satirical drawings, multi-panel illustrations and narrative depictions found in the book can clearly be seen as the basis for manga as it is understood today. One volume explores The Life and Manners of the Day (studying habits and objects of the everyday, from architectural features to wrestling moves and facial expressions); the second The Whole Earth Catalogue (largely concerned with nature, from animals to rock faces and fish); and the third presents the Fanciful, Mythical and Supernatural (with images narrating myths and displaying fantastical creatures).

In slipcase.

Volume 1. Edo life -- Volume 2. The wonders of nature -- Volume 3. Flights of fancy.

In 1814, Hokusai's sketches were published in a handbook of over 4,000 images: 'Hokusai Manga'. It surpassed expectations as a student reference book, and became a bestseller. Here, in an elegant, three-volume package, an expansive selection of these works are revealed, presenting all of the themes, motifs and drawing techniques found in his art. The caricatures, satirical drawings, multi-panel illustrations and narrative depictions found in the book can clearly be seen as the basis for manga as it is understood today. One volume explores 'The Life and Manners of the Day' (studying habits and objects of the everyday, from architectural features to wrestling moves and facial expressions); the second 'The Whole Earth Catalogue' (largely concerned with nature, from animals to rock faces and fish); and the third presents the 'Fanciful, Mythical and Supernatural' (with images narrating myths and displaying fantastical creatures).

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Katsushika Hokusai was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter, and printmaker of the Edo period. Born in Edo (now Tokyo), Hokusai is best known as author of the woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, which includes the iconic print The Great Wave off Kanagawa.