High-tech spin for samurai-era ukiyo-e artist Hokusai at Tokyo exhibit

Looks fun. This is entertainment, not art, but whatever. The photo of the person taking a selfie is the level its at.

If this is the gateway drug, genuine ukiyo-e may prove to be a disappointment. The ones we have, kabuki actor portraits not landscapes, aren't much bigger than postcards.

Could be fun. Or you can see the real stuff at the Sumida Hokusai Museum.

Or you can see the real stuff at the Sumida Hokusai Museum.

Thanks, I didn't know about it. It sounds like it displays copies, not first editions. I'm pretty sure the ukiyo-e museum in Matsumoto is the same. If you have the woodblocks, you can take additional prints, so the word "copy" takes on a different meaning for artworks that are prints to start with. The task of producing an ukiyo-e was divided into something like ten people's jobs, so they are all collaborative efforts. Hokusai didn't do every stage himself.

For selfie hunters, it sounds like only parts of the Sumida museum allow photography. This review praises the museum but describes many of the artworks as "small".

https://tokyo-in-pics.com/sumida-hokusai-museum/

kohakuebisu,

From what I understood, there were originals in the temporary exhibits. Lots of drafts and notebooks etc.

The building by itself is worth a look. Very cool.

Ukiyo e big influence on Van Gogh, Monet, etc

This is entertainment, not art

It's art too..

Like it or not..

NY's Museum of Modern Art did something like this a few years ago:

https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/5033

I live in New Zealand but have been to Japan many times.

In our Auckland home, we display a number of prints from this wonderful artist.