Film Screening Series on Katsushika Hokusai

Sat 24 Oct 2015, 7 pm
Nha San Collective’s new space

From Nha San Collective:

Come to the screening of film series on Hokusai:

– “The Private Life of a Masterpiece: The Great Wave” (2001) – Samuel West & Tim Pigott-Smith – 50 min
– “Hokusai” (1953) – Hiroshi Teshigahara – 23 min

About Hokusai

Katsushika Hokusai was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and print-maker of the Edo period. He was influenced by painters such as Sesshu, and other styles of Chinese painting. Born in Edo (now Tokyo), Hokusai is best known as author of the woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji which includes the internationally recognized print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, created during the 1820s.

About The Great Wave

The Great Wave or simply The Wave, is a woodblock print by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai. It was published sometime between 1830 and 1833 in the late Edo period as the first print in Hokusai’s series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji. It is Hokusai’s most famous work, and one of the best recognized works of Japanese art in the world. It depicts an enormous wave threatening boats off the coast of the prefecture of Kanagawa. As in all the prints in the series, it depicts the area around Mount Fuji under particular conditions, and the mountain itself appears in the background.

When The Great Wave was first issued, in about 1830, Japan’s contact with the outside world was strictly regulated. It was only in 1859 when Japan, under pressure from America and other powers, opened a few of its ports that Japanese prints began to be exported to Europe. They were quickly discovered and celebrated by European and American artists like Whistler, Van Gogh and Monet. The Great Wave inspired Debussy’s symphonic sketches La Mer and has become one of the most iconic images of the power of the sea.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Language: With subtitles in English and Vietnamese

*To support Nha San Collective’s activities, we have a suggested donation of 30k each, including 1 free drink.

Communication partner: Hanoi Grapevine

Nhà Sàn COLLECTIVE is not a museum, a gallery or an international culture institute where completed work are presented by established artists. Just like Nhà Sàn Studio before, it is a working studio to nurture where artists can create, collaborate, be given advice, critiques, and have chances to meet with international artists, curators. Works that are presented at open studio every month could be finished or not, but the process of developing idea and working to improve the quality of the art work for local artists is what Nhà Sàn COLLECTIVE focuses on.

If you are interested and curious about experimental art, and want to have conversation with the working artists, please visit

Nha San COLLECTIVE 15th floor, Hanoi Creative City Building, 01 Luong Yen, Hanoi Website: www.nhasanstudio.org Email: [email protected]