Hokusai Colors

Check out the delicate yet bold use of color and composition in the masterworks of Katsushika Hokusai, an ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period.

Hokusai Colors

Check out the delicate yet bold use of color and composition in the masterworks of Katsushika Hokusai, an ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period.

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Hokusai Colors

Hokusai’s designs for woodblock prints create spectacular visual effects with just a few well-chosen colors. Color variations in different editions of the same design may have been chosen by Hokusai himself; or by the printer who applied the color to the blocks for printing; or by the publisher who supervised the whole process and sold the finished prints. Printmaking was truly a collaborative art.