Waves of Potential Immigrants from Many Lands (Shikinamigusa)
- Date:
- 1796
- Medium:
- Color woodblock-printed book; 1 vol.
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
The Shikinamigusa (Waves of Potential Immigrants from Many Lands) is an illustrated color woodblock-printed book from 1796 featuring kyoka verse composed by contributors imagining themselves as visitors from foreign lands, a witty literary conceit that used the persona of the outsider to observe Japanese customs with defamiliarizing humor. Hokusai's illustrations bring visual life to these playful self-orientalizing verses.
More Prints by Katsushika Hokusai
Hokusai manga (Hokusai Sketchbooks)
19th century
Woodblock-printed book; ink and light color on paper
Fukuroi
1804
Japanese woodblock print
The Fishermen of Katase Hauling in Their Nets: The Purple Shell (Murasakigai)
1821
Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; surimono shikishiban
Burdock Root (Kurama gobo), from the series "A Selection of Horses (Uma-zukushi)"
1822
Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono
More Figures Prints
Frequently Asked Questions
Waves of Potential Immigrants from Many Lands (Shikinamigusa) was created by Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎) in 1796.
Waves of Potential Immigrants from Many Lands (Shikinamigusa) depicts figures, seascapes, and daily life.