whitworth, beneath the great wave

- Ten Thousand Acre Plain of Susaki at Fukagawa, Utagawa Hiroshige.
- bird

- The Moon Pine on the Hill at Ueno
in japan, pine trees are especially revered for their longevity. trees & mythology look into

- Blocking of colours & shapes.
- look up woodblocking printing w different colours
usually see monochromatic ones, w lines for shading. so interesting to see these blocks/shapes of colour, like a collage? Mattisse

- Why in galleries never see the woodblocks used to print? just prints, what sort of ink/paint or paper?

The Sea at Salla in Suruga Province.
- info cards in galleries, overly 'protentious'? telling us how to interpret it, rather than encouraging thought & interpretation?

-Sudden Shower over Shin-Ohashi Bridge and Atake, Utagawa Hiroshige
- immediacy captured
- Van Gogh 'covered'/did a version

Hokusai , sketchbooks, like the framing/squared off from the centre of the book

Midono
-labourers, van gogh field workers paintings.. painting & workingclass subjects?? also pic w girl and wood logs in manc gallery

Old Picture of the Boat - Bridge at Sano, Kozuke.
-blanketing of snow, achieved w woodcut effect.
-contrasted w piece beside it
Evening Rain at Azuma - no- mori

Kajikazawa in Kai Province
- looks ink drawn/watercolour? but not

- blue display cases for sketchbooks

- multiple versions of the same print... why not displayed together? difficult to compare them when they're at other sides of the room.

- artists & obsession. nature., more in particular water/waves in this exhibition.
repetition w artists n their work, can be interesting - obsession. Eg Yves Klein, warhol,
why is doing same thing over n over interesting but also crap sometimes... depends where it comes from? obessesion/love vs money.. contemp artists a few feel this way.
repetition of the theme of water works esp well by this artist as its done via printing - you can make p much the same image over & over again. The print is becoming less defined as re printed too.
-wear patterns
- play doh?