A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Hokusai's Waterfalls (Edo zumi hyaku shoku: Hokusai no Taki)
by Paul Binnie
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Scholten Japanese Art
Description
From the Hundred Shades of Ink series, this print reimagines Hokusai's famous waterfall compositions in the aizuri-e (blue-printed) style. Hokusai's "A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces" depicted Japan's most dramatic cascades with characteristic force and dynamic energy; Binnie's blue-ink version translates that energy into a more meditative register, the single color reducing the scene to its essential forms — water in motion, rock, and the empty air through which the cascade falls.
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Featured in Collections
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Frequently Asked Questions
A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Hokusai's Waterfalls (Edo zumi hyaku shoku: Hokusai no Taki) was created by Paul Binnie.
A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Hokusai's Waterfalls (Edo zumi hyaku shoku: Hokusai no Taki) depicts landscapes, waterfalls, and mountains, set at Tokyo.