Hokusai’s Ukiyoe Reproductions


 

Following to the “Hokusai inspired house in Cyprus,” I found more Hokusai reproductions. Let me share two of them here!

First of all, this is the Japanese ukiyoe (woodblock printing) artist, Hokusai (1760-1849)’s “Great Wave off Kanagawa.”

 

hokusai_tsunami

 

 

And this is French artist, BERNARD PRAS’s “Wave.”

 

hokusai_france

 

This is cool!

 

He reproduced the Hokusai’s work with bird and animal figures, hands, hoses, button like things. Amazingly, it looks like a piece of picture but it is actually an installation collage.

 

hokusai_tsunami

 

It looks much bigger and has depth, so only from a certain angle it looks the Hokusai’s wave.

You can see BERNARD PRAS’s work at “AERNARD PRAS-INSTALLATIONS.”

 

Another Hokusai related art I want to share with you today is a video art that became popular on a Japanese video hosting service.
The video titled “Ukiyo-Hakkei” shows the great ukiyoe works by Hokusai and Utagawa in a creative way along with an pop electronic song.

 

 

 

The creator is Tsuyoshi taniyama, who made it as his graduation production at art school.

It can be a TV commercial. I was amazed that it was made by an art student.

 

Source: Ruriiro Tradition

 

 

 

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