§ 01 — Ukiyo-e · 浮世絵
Edo-period prints · 1760–1858
La vague, la pluie,
le visage.
No. 01 · Katsushika Hokusai
La Grande Vague de Kanagawa
Current exhibition
Le Monde
flottant.
January 17 – April 12, 2026
Thirty views in which rain, the wave and Mount Fuji stop being scenery and become the true subject of the print.
§ 02 — Artists
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Curator’s note
Ukiyo-e means pictures of the floating world: actors, courtesans, travellers, landscapes in the rain. An Edo-period print was never a rare object: it was a popular image, printed in the hundreds and sold for the price of a bowl of noodles. We look at it today as a work of art.
Galerie Yanaka