I am sharing this engaging article found in the New York Times, dated 8/7/2020. I share it in the hopes of providing a bit of a reprieve from the angst and travails of today’s changed world. The author is Jason Farago, a brilliant art critic for the Times, among his many other achievements. Follow him through the artwork of revered Woodblock artist Katsushika Hokusai, whose body of work we studied on our visit to Japan in the spring of 2014 and found it unforgettable. It is the 1oth piece in his cycle “Thirty-six Views Of Mount Fuji.” Farago takes us through each detail of the image and zips ahead into more modern work in a 1993 photo series by the Canadian photographer, Jeff Wall, “A Sudden Gust of Wind (After Hokusai),” and shot at a cranberry farm in British Columbia. There is so much more for you to discover. I hope you enjoy this bit of knowledge and escape from the daily chores for a good few moments.
ps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/07/arts/design/hokusai-fuji.html
For a biography link of this artist to to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokusai