Le petit dictionnaire Hokusai. Amérique du nord Excerpt from the Asian Journal

Excerpt from the Asian Journal (May-June 1901)

Based on a study of twelve Arabic manuscripts

yellow or white blade walls of fog or dense rain

Saint-Etienne in Caen

Le petit dictionnaire Hokusai. Amérique du nord Excerpt from the Asian JournalThe name Hokusai sounds like the promise of a journey. A journey through time. A journey to the heart of a civilization that still retains some of its mystery today. Beyond the immediate seduction of the works, the question of meaning arises in the face of images to which traditional Western references cannot be applied. Here then, in 48 words, are some keys to understanding a world which has found in this artist one of its greatest interpreters.