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Hokusai began his art career as an apprentice for a woodblock engraver between the ages of 15 to 18. He became a pupil of Katsukawa Shunsho in 1778. The first publication of his work came out 8 months after his studies. His goal was to depict the…

Hokusai began his art career as an apprentice for a woodblock engraver between the ages of 15 to 18. He became a pupil of Katsukawa Shunsho in 1778. The first publication of his work came out 8 months after his studies. His goal was to depict the…

Hokusai began his art career as an apprentice for a woodblock engraver between the ages of 15 to 18. He became a pupil of Katsukawa Shunsho in 1778. The first publication of his work came out 8 months after his studies. His goal was to depict the…

Colour woodblock print. One sheet from the book "Ehon butai ogi" (絵本舞台扇), Picture-book of the Stage in Fan-shapes. Sakata Hangorō II in the role of Ōboshi Yuranosuke, in the play 'Kanadehon chūshingura' (仮名手本忠臣蔵) performed at the Morita theatre, Edo…

Kabuki is thought to have originated in the dances and light theater first performed in Kyoto in 1603 by Okuni, a female attendant at the Izumo shrine. The word Kabuki had connotations of the shocking, unorthdox, and fashionable. Because an important…

Eisen started his studies with the Kano school under the master Hakkeisai. Later under the ukiyo-e school with master Eizan. He was well-known for his prints of voluptuous girls and erotica. He worked with Hiroshige on some landscapes. His majoy…