Katsushika Hokusai (October 31, 1760 – May 10, 1849) was a Japanese artist, ukiyoe painter and printmaker of the Edo priod. He was influenced by Sesshu Toyo .Born in Edo (now Tokyo), Hokusai is best known as author of the woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji ( c. 1831) which includes the internationally iconic print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa..
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Great Wave off Kanagawa
I think The Great Wave lends itself to a ‘fractalization’ very easily,deceptively easy, almost. Curving fingers of foam at the top of it, this part of the image has always struck me. I think, in humans, a small bit of fear over the ocean reaching out and grabbing you off the beach is just primal.
What is that in the background?
It’s actually Mount Fuji. And Hokusai’s iconic print is just the first of a series entitled 36 Views of Mount Fuji. Hokusai is most commonly known for his wave, but he was obsessed with the mountain. He drew it many times, each one a slightly different permutation or iteration.I think that even though Hokusai’s wave may look more fractalline, to him, the real source of infinite complexity was the Mountain. Not in a mathematical way, obviously. But to him it was what fractals are to me: something we can always find another viewpoint of.
Hokusai used various mathematical elements in the image, including basing the waves on circles and of course, Fuji is a triangleThe threatening “fingers” of the wave are fractal-like.
Hokusai’s Planar Grids and Golden Rectangles
BBC The Art of Japanese Life episode 1 : Nature
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