Manga Hokusai Manga: Approaching the Master’s Compendium from the Perspective of Contemporary Comics

By introducing some of the similarities and differences between modern Japanese manga, which now enjoy worldwide popularity, and Hokusai Manga, a collection of sketches by the ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), this exhibition sets out to introduce the charms of this unique field of Japanese culture. Focusing on pictorial storytelling and participatory culture of “manga” from different periods, the exhibits include panels, books, videos, and a group of new works by contemporary manga artists.

Directed by
Jaqueline Berndt (Professor, Stockholm University)

Curated by
Yu Ito (Curator, Kyoto Seika University International Manga Research Center)
Mizuki Takahashi (Senior Curator, Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito)

Art direction by
Shin Sobue

Chapter
<Panel Exhibition> Part 1: Hokusai Manga: Funny Pictures?/Part 2: A Character Named Hokusai/Part 3: Manga-like ukiyo-e, ukiyo-e-like Manga/Part 4: Hokusai Manga: Shared Manual!
<Mangawork Exhibition> Contemporary Manga Artists Revisiting Hokusai Manga

Dates

2026 first semester Hungary *TBC

2025 second semester Finland *TBC

2025 second semester Norway *TBC

2025 second semester Armenia *TBC

2025 first semester Oman *TBC

2025 first semester Jordan *TBC

February 16 - March 8, 2025
Beit Amir Al-Bahar, Culture Square, Jeddah Historic District（Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)

January 1 - February 8, 2025
SAMoCA (Saudi Arabia Museum of Contemporary Art)（Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)

October 4 - November 30, 2024
The Japan Cultural Institute in Cologne (Cologne, Germany)

August 15 - September 15, 2024
Museum of Republic of Srpska（Banja Luka , Bosnia and Herzegovina)

May 24- July 30, 2024
National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

March 8 - April 28, 2024
The Pier-2 Art Center A.C.G.N Warehouse(Kaohsiung, Taiwan)

December 16, 2023 - January 14, 2024
Taichyu Factory of Teikoku Seito K.K (Taichung, Taiwan)

September 6 - November 15, 2023
Guam Museum (Guam, U.S.A.)

June 7 - July 8, 2023
Hawaii Japanese Center (Hilo, U.S.A.)

April 7 - 30, 2023
Seattle Opera (Seattle, U.S.A.)

See past exhibition schedule

Image of Manga Hokusai Manga
© Shiriagari Kotobuki 2015　© Adachi Institute of Woodcut Prints

Image of Crescent Moon: The Adventure of Tametomo
Kyokutei Bakin (author) and Katsushika Hokusai (artist)
Crescent Moon: The Adventure of Tametomo, 1807[-1811]
Collection of National Diet Library, Tokyo

Image of A person who draws the world
Daisuke Igarashi
A person who draws the world, 2015
Ink and watercolor on paper
36 x 110 cm
© Daisuke Igarashi

Image of La Mer I (detail)
Daisuke Nishijima
La Mer I (detail), 2015
Acrylic and pencil on paper, sound
300 x 60 x 13 cm
© Daisuke Nishijima

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