Annual Lecture: The Story of a Neglected Book – Hokusai’s Illustrated Tang Poetry of 1880 (51st Cohn Memorial Lecture)

Date of event:   04/05/2020 17:00 − 04/05/2020 18:00

Annual Lecture with Dr. Ellis Tinios, Visiting Researcher, Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University

Title: The Story of a Neglected Book – Hokusai’s Illustrated Tang Poetry of 1880 (51st Cohn Memorial Lecture)
Time and date: Monday, 4th May 2020, 5–6pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Learn about a deluxe book, designed by Hokusai in the 1830s but not published until 1880, that demonstrates his extraordinary powers of composition, unerring sense of line, and ability to offer fresh and exciting visualisations of Chinese texts.

Booking is essential for this event. Please RSVP at eastern.art@ashmus.ox.ac.uk.

For more information please see the website [here].