
Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849)Edo Japan · 1800s–1840sPainted here after this hand, never after their pictures
Edo Japan 1760–1849
Katsushika Hokusai
A woodblock print: the wave, the mountain.
Gone 177 years, so the hand is everyone’s. We describe it to the painters: the light, the ground, the palette, the stroke. The picture is yours.
Default palette: Delft Blue
What shall we hang here?The line above becomes the first.



