Manga Hokusai Manga: Approaching the Master’s Compendium from the Perspective of Contemporary Comics
2023/5/31
The Consulate General of Japan in Honolulu, in collaboration with the Hawaii Japanese Center, is pleased to present the Japan Foundation’s exhibition, “Manga Hokusai Manga: Approaching the Master’s Compendium from the Perspective of Contemporary Comics”.
Exhibition dates: Friday, May 26 through Saturday, July 8, 2023
Hours: 11:00 am – 3:00 pm, Wednesday-Saturday
Location: Hawaii Japanese Center (752 Kanoelehua Street, Hilo, HI)
Website: https://www.hawaiijapanesecenter.com/
Manga Hokusai Manga
As part of the Japan Foundation’s arts and cultural exchange program, we are pleased to present the international traveling exhibition titled Manga Hokusai Manga: Approaching the Master’s Compendium from the Perspective of Contemporary Comics. Today, over 200
years after the first volume of Hokusai Manga was published, the rich visual expressions created by Katsushika Hokusai and other artists of the era continue to captivate us. By introducing some of the similarities and differences between modern Japanese manga, which now enjoy worldwide popularity, and Hokusai’s manga, this exhibition sets out to introduce the charms of this unique field of Japanese culture. One of the exhibition’s highlights promises to be a group of new works by seven contemporary manga artists based on the theme of Hokusai and his manga. Packed with free-wheeling imagination, these works provide us with insight into the constantly evolving expressions of manga.
Exhibition dates: Friday, May 26 through Saturday, July 8, 2023
Hours: 11:00 am – 3:00 pm, Wednesday-Saturday
Location: Hawaii Japanese Center (752 Kanoelehua Street, Hilo, HI)
Website: https://www.hawaiijapanesecenter.com/
Manga Hokusai Manga
As part of the Japan Foundation’s arts and cultural exchange program, we are pleased to present the international traveling exhibition titled Manga Hokusai Manga: Approaching the Master’s Compendium from the Perspective of Contemporary Comics. Today, over 200
years after the first volume of Hokusai Manga was published, the rich visual expressions created by Katsushika Hokusai and other artists of the era continue to captivate us. By introducing some of the similarities and differences between modern Japanese manga, which now enjoy worldwide popularity, and Hokusai’s manga, this exhibition sets out to introduce the charms of this unique field of Japanese culture. One of the exhibition’s highlights promises to be a group of new works by seven contemporary manga artists based on the theme of Hokusai and his manga. Packed with free-wheeling imagination, these works provide us with insight into the constantly evolving expressions of manga.
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| © Shiriagari Kotobuki 2015 © Adachi Institute of Woodcut Prints | |
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| Sawa Sakura, Portrait of Hokuai 2015 © Sawa Sakura |
Tetuzoh Okadaya, That’s All For Now 2015 © Tetuzoh Okadaya |
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The Japan FoundationThe Japan Foundation is a cultural exchange agency, which was established in 1972 with the goal of promoting international understanding through cultural exchange. The foundation is active in a wide range of fields such as overseeing arts and cultural exchange projects, facilitating Japanese-language education abroad, and encouraging dialogue through Japanese studies and intellectual exchange.