Hokusai "Irises and the Grasshopper" Incense Burner including the tail feathers

including the tail feathers

Straight lines for curves

This famous ukiyo-e is one of Hokusai's most successful series

Designed to stand on its own

noodle dishes

Hokusai "Irises and the Grasshopper" Incense Burner including the tail feathersIris is a flower that blooms around May and June, and its language is good news and love. In this series, Hokusai not only depicted flowers and birds, but also tried to express wind, air, and time in nature. This painting captures a moment of stillness, and the Kirigirisu perched upside down in the tense air is a very natural and skillful composition. The brightly colored indigo blurring gives the viewer a sense of early summer. Katsushika Hokusai