Morning Glories and Tree Frog – Katsushika Hokusai (c. 1833-34) – Japanese Woodblock Canvas Print

From Hokusai’s Large Flowers series (produced in his seventies, around the same time as the Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji) this print showcases a quieter but equally assured facet of his genius. Where the Fuji series deals in drama and scale, the flower prints are intimate and unhurried, studies in the particular beauty of ordinary living things. Morning glory vines fill the composition in lush abundance, blooms in blue, dusty mauve, blush pink, and deep purple-brown opening and closing at various stages: a single plant caught across an entire morning. Somewhere among the leaves, nearly hidden, a small tree frog clings to a stem. Finding it is one of the print’s quiet pleasures.

The botanical observation is precise without being clinical. Hokusai renders each leaf with attention to its individual curl and angle, each bloom with the specific geometry of its trumpet form, yet the overall effect is of natural abundance rather than scientific inventory. The warm cream ground, characteristic of the Large Flowers series, gives the composition a softness that keeps the rich greens and varied bloom colors from competing too aggressively, holding the whole together with ease.

As a print, Morning Glories and Tree Frog brings a freshness and natural vitality that works in almost any interior: a kitchen, a bedroom, a sunlit hallway. Its palette is gentle enough to complement rather than dominate a space, while the composition has enough detail and life to reward extended looking. For collectors drawn to botanical art or Japanese nature studies, this is among Hokusai’s most charming and accessible works.

 

🖨️ Print features:

– Sustainable canvas stretched on radial pine frame

– Unique canvas coating for top-notch image quality

– Soft rubber dots on bottom back corners for support

– Safe latex inks for non-toxic printing

– Back hanging included

– Inner frame made with radiata pine sourced from renewable forests

– Please note: Due to the production process of the canvases, please allow for slight size deviations with a tolerance +/- 1/8″ (3.2mm)

– Care instructions: If the canvas does gather any dust, you may wipe it off gently with a clean, damp cloth.

 

🚚 Fulfillment, Shipping, and Return Policy:

– Printed and shipped from the U.S.

– As our items are unique and made to order, we can only accept a return or exchange in the event that an item arrives damaged or misprinted. We cannot accept returns if you order the wrong size or change your mind. Any return requests must be made within 14 days of receiving the order.

 

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