Tokyo’s Harajuku district is the place to see the latest street fashions on the city’s hipsters. It’s a crowded urban...
Permanent Collection
Why Hokusai’s got the blues+
Katsushika Hokusai used a lot of blue dye in his “Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji” prints. Honolulu Academy of Arts...
‘The Lost Symbol’ at the Academy in January+
A fan of Dan Brown’s latest blockbuster—an exploration into the mysteries of Freemasonry? (As Maureen Dowd wrote in The New...
Can’t stop going in Gallery 27+
Staff are abuzz about Curator Theresa Papanikolas’ and Installation Designer Larry Maruya’s reinstallation of the Clare Boothe Luce Gallery (aka...
Mirror image? Hokusai’s idealized Mount Fuji+
At first glance, Katushika Hokusai’s woodblock print “Reflection in Lake Misaka in Kai Province,” part of the series “Thirty-six Views...
Stephen Little on ‘The Great Wave’+
The undisputed star—or at least most recognizable work—in the exhibition “Hokusai’s Summit: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji” is the venerated...
Before Mount Fuji, there was Kabuki+
In the exhibition “Hokusai’s Summit: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji” is a section of very rare early works by Hokusai,...
Saint Damien as a young, dashing priest+
In honor of Saint Damien’s canonization, the Department of European and American Art has hung the Academy’s portrait of Joseph...
Opening of Hokusai’s Summit+
“Hokusai’s Summit: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji” has been incredibly gratifying for Academy staff. Putting the exhibition together was a...
Special ink: Tomioka Tessai’s fan paintings+
For Shawn Eichman, Curator of Asian Art at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, two of the most interesting works in...