{{selectedLanguage.Name}}
Sign In Sign out
Action History
×
Home/ Artists / Edo period (1603–1867) / Katsushika Hokusai/ Fishing by Torchlight in Kai Province, from Oceans of Wisdom

Fishing by Torchlight in Kai Province, from Oceans of Wisdom

Katsushika Hokusai

Fishing by Torchlight in Kai Province, from Oceans of Wisdom

Katsushika Hokusai
  • Date: c.1833
  • Style: Ukiyo-e
  • Genre: genre painting
  • Order Fishing by Torchlight in Kai Province, from Oceans of Wisdom Oil Painting Reproduction
    Order Oil Painting
    reproduction
Article ...
Article

Many of Hokusai’s prints emit a surreal quality, at the same time as depicting a real life episode. This print does just that. Eight fishermen in the foreground of the painting are struggling against the smoothly rippling waves, trying to pull fish from the water. Although night sky is black, it gives off a strange yellow glow, which allows the fishermen to see what they are doing. Hokusai’s method of creating swirling lines in the water make it seem as if it contains a quickly moving current, which threatens to pull the fishermen down, and let their newly-caught prey escape.

More ...
Tags:
fishing
  • Tag is correct
  • Tag is incorrect
Organism
  • Tag is correct
  • Tag is incorrect
Katsushika Hokusai Famous works
Related Artworks
1-{{getCurrentCount()}} out of {{getTotalCount()}} LOAD MORE

Court Métrage

Short Films