Hiroshige and the fan, a journey through 19th century Japan

FRENCH LANGUAGE

Impressive whirlpools, tumultuous river flows, bubbling torrents, dizzying waterfalls, violent storms, gentle poetic rains, immaculate and silent snow: water in its many forms occupies an essential place in the Japanese prints of the 18th and 19th centuries. The sea in particular, omnipresent in the Japanese archipelago and part of the Japanese identity, is sublimated. Among the recurrent representations of impetuous waves breaking on the shore, threatening boats, breaking on cliffs, rocks and reefs, one image immediately stands out: that of Hokusai's famous Great Wave.

In a style that is at once realistic, abstract and innovative, the masters of printmaking capture the unique and almost sacred character of water in a true communion with nature, and give us their vision of a world marked by spirituality.

French language
112 pages

Hazan Publishing