Mjengo Hub: 700,000 Flowers Transform Brussels Grand-Place Into Hokusai Wave
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Katsushika Hokusai
Katsushika Hokusai was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period, active as a painter and printmaker. His woodblock print series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji includes the iconic print The Great Wave off Kanagawa. Hokusai was instrumental in developing ukiyo-e from a style of portraiture largely focused on courtesans and actors into a much broader style of art that focused on landscapes, plant…
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culture · Japanese artist (1760–1849) · painter · xylographer · illustrator · ukiyo-e artist · artist · graphic artist · printmaker · designer · architectural drafter · visual artist · also Katsushika Hokusai, Hokusai, Hokusai Katsushika, Taito Katsushika, Hachiemon Miuraya, Taito
Born 31 October 1760 · Died 10 May 1849 · Q5586
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2026· 13 entries
Hindustan Times: How Brussels recreated Japanese artist Hokusai’s 120-year-old Great Wave image with 700,000 flowers | Hindustan Times
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Designboom: brussels rolls out hokusai’s great wave in 750,000 dahlias for flower carpet 2026
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Thursd: Bruselas presenta «La gran ola» de Hokusai con 750 000 dalias para la Alfombra de Flores 2026
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The Japan Times: Brussels flower carpet pays homage to Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’
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es-us.noticias.yahoo.com: Bruselas presenta una alfombra floral gigante inspirada en la gran ola de Hokusai - es-us.noticias.yahoo.com
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UA.NEWS: A floral version of Hokusai's "The Great Wave" has been created in Brussels
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Euronews.com: Vídeo. Bruselas presenta una alfombra floral inspirada en la gran ola Hokusai
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africanews.com: Brussels unveils giant flower carpet inspired by Hokusai masterpiece
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ArchDaily: Galería de Una mirada al nuevo museo de Hokusai en Tokio - 13
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ArchDaily: Galería de El Museo Sumida Hokusai de Kazuyo Sejima inmortalizado bajo el lente de Laurian Ghinitoiu - 13
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Marcadoc: Treviso. Discover Japanese art: Hokusai at the Bailo Museum – from June to September
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Observer: Katsushika Hokusai
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2020· 1 entry
Business Wire: Immersive Artwork Inspired by KATSUSHIKA Hokusai’s Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji Showcased at Narita International Airport Starting Saturday, February 29
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2017· 1 entry
Hyperallergic: Hokusai’s “Great Wave” Was Only a Drop in the Bucket
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2016· 1 entry
Hyperallergic: Hokusai's Picture Book of Everyday Life in Edo-Era Japan
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2011· 1 entry
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2005· 1 entry
Tokyo National Museum held a Hokusai exhibition which had the largest number of visitors of any exhibit there that year
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1945· 1 entry
Hokusai's promotional handbills from that time survived and are preserved at the Nagoya City Museum
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1905· 1 entry
Is believed to have been inspired by Hokusai's print The Great Wave
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1867· 1 entry
The Rousseau Service was a success both critically and commercially and was reissued in several editions over the years
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1849· 1 entry
Died 1849-05-10.
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1839· 1 entry
A fire destroyed Hokusai's studio and much of his work
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1834· 1 entry
Saw Hokusai working under the name "Gakyō Rōjin Manji" (画狂老人卍; "The Old Man Mad About Art")
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1820· 1 entry
Hokusai changed his name yet again, this time to Iitsu, a change which marked the start of a period in which he secured fame as an artist throughout Japan
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1812· 1 entry
With Quick Lessons in Simplified Drawing, were intended as a convenient way to make money and attract more students
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1811· 1 entry
At the age of 51, Hokusai changed his name to Taito and entered the period in which he created the Hokusai Manga and various etehon, or art manuals
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1804· 1 entry
Created an enormous portrait of the Buddhist prelate Daruma, said to be 200 square meters, using a broom and buckets full of ink
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1760· 1 entry
Born 1760-10-31.
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