Woodblock print by the ukiyo-e artist Hokusai from the late Edo Period circa 1830.
Patricia found beautiful Hokusai thank you notes at her favorite stationary store in Shinjuku... Every detail from the wedding invitations to the thank you notes has behind it ... a story like the one above...
And the one below...
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Or the fascinating story below of how Ukiyo-e Woodblock prints were made during the Edo Period, click on the video below...
The Wave Off Kanagawa influenced the French composer Claude Debussy
in his composition of La mer (The Sea) Three Symphonic Sketches for Orchestra.
Matthew’s is the most resonant story: that The Wave Off Kanagawa is a representation of a snapshot of Japanese History when the Mongol invading army was destroyed on August 15, 1281 by a giant typhoon. In the wake of the Mongol disaster, there came in Japan a feeling that they were protected by the god (kami) of the wind (kazi).
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