Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-17


Work OF TINS single designer. 1t is also
striklngiy evinced in the Illustrations or
Ctamafo, Ioyokuni, feizln and a score or
others. and enhances not oaly the effee-
tNehess put the art value OF their pic
lures
Almost every print-maker In Japan has
been AT Inc same time book illustrator.
ana mere are many which merit individual
eoiiH'u.i anon. II VIII pe Dcst, however, 10
pass onectly 10 the one in which the art
I".ho us ultimate consuinna uon, hokusai
"Hoiii some nave ranked even with Rem
% '''"' anu bu'er-
Bioerep hv of Holusai
n
re was ne son OF an artisan, born at
euco IN IttF' ana adopted at the age OF
four by a mirror maker of the TolurawA
family employed hy mo shoyu, I'D
no ,,.o,,,,t a. -,
- -, 'VON supp anu "e'o'e i4o
-04' ''eH 10 hao produced some falr
Illustrations Determining 20 become an
accomplished prtnt-naker he entered the
school of one Shllpsho A famous master ~
that day There he devoted himself 20
DOCK Illustration, and wrote not little or
the text. Up 10 1856 he followed the rneth od
Of the master. but then. suddenly realizing
lis own individuality. he was foTclbly
elected from Che school and Obliged FOR
some years TO support himself by hawking
RED peppers, calendars and other small
wares around the streets Of Yeddo An this
while however, ne was perfcctipg his art
sketching everything he saw and diligently
: Ia
came more prosrero,,s a.. t,.t r. -.
s TTS h'sm n PAID ana seems to have had
al heart first and aIwsys a., ar,tsf
From the age of six" he says in the pre-
iace TO The Hundred Views OF FuJi." \
NE ar d mama E Tor craving the forms OF
Ilsbed an ifmIty oS iastr,s ~ iiAp ,,
produced before the age Of seventy ,e nor
worth taking into account At seventy-three
nave learned little about the real struo-
- 80 y. haIuie' OF animals, plants, trees,
Win a., oi az liIseJ,s, ~ 'ohsequenSe
move ,1,,,a,,o si'al i'aNe hisue hl.li
~ - - - hli'e'! shaLi penetrate
$3.50 oi ulhes' at Il hHhured shait
o,,E - = 'NaNieu a mar e!ous sage
IL, 'S'l a uiuttu anu zen tNe4E-
he IT. uo De IL ont cot or line, VIII
=. H's 'l'oSe VINO IlNt as long as
=. - u 40 hot keep my word written
a. 'ne dee OF seNehtN-nNe fourteen Years
49, a. l.lS u'atn3 ol NE, once hOkusai TO-
Sas "ah" ISoJlh' The ola man mad about
".aWIhs-
MS IIdIiiests potn HIS modesty and lis
go, ne was prolific producer but
.1 ugld . slsdoIg worker HIS drawing was a.
49, 5eiiI"I h"pIA correct and he truly sue
t'eueu IN making Things i've. tie ex-
pressed acton better than any Of his con-
leihpufaIleS; ana IN bis work literally mir
.nn,eu the IRE OF NE passing world. His
Mangwa, which is included IN the Noyes
rolie[uoI5' consists OF hfteen volumes OF
Iousn shS-Ches ana forms 'Nerltable
l'~'4NA % '''E'Ait'Ht me anu lliU t4s-
"les'
Hard to ApsIrze Ho,-,,e.i.s 1yy,.l
VI L.
Japan at 'hat Time was beginning TO
awaken 10 an Interest in itself as q nation,
and artists and writer's basta,rea % s,,, 80,
the craving f,y. cole .r.,,,.,.,7
-, 80. ~ " 'S"S'- MANY MS
vi "a nov e1S were written ana published.
illustrated nv, TIai,,,s.i ~, "'lL "a De louno
ture, which he did for tla ra,,l,,s t..
Raklu. and which vyas 5o,.r,,,5 ,,,,...fs
factory, caused him to turu aside sroy, ~
Illustrative work and to issue instead his
own DOCKS OF pictures.
leading cbara'taIjs,: 10 name hokusal
readily analysed. He was very versatile
ana worked in many manners. His "Maug-
Wa IS printed IN outline, with a combiu8-
uou OF pIach' gray and red but his Thirty
slX ' Jews OF Mt. FuJi' are In fiat tiuts and
Inc alone as in wood engraving, other
times broad washes ana solid masses. Oc-
CasIoHaIy ne was lmpresslonistc In his
IehueiiHs Ah9 thch again natural and DELHI
crate. lie seems TO have been governed by
no SET rules, but TO have applied them all
as ms theme or fancy dictated.
sums OF ms Cravings are mastery IN
tAelr simplicity and strength. and others
seem 10 sparkle with Spontanetty. lie was
pfofoUnoiy serious and Yet he had a keen
sense OF humor 1t is this which his coun-
trymen OF the better class have found hard
10 forgive IN him He lent his art occa-
slonally 10 carlcature and drollery. lie
IS SAID to have learned the rules OF per
spectiVe from kokan, who In turn got them