Origami Paper 100 sheets Hokusai Prints 8 1/4" (21 cm) (9780804856010)

This paper pack contains 100 high-quality, 8.25-inch origami sheets printed with colorful Woodblock Prints by Hokusai.

The famous Japanese artist, painter, and printmaker, Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), is best known for his woodblock print series "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji". The artist behind the world-famous The Great Wave off Kanagawa, Hokusai lived and worked in what is now modern day Tokyo during the Edo Period.

This origami paper pack includes:

• 100 sheets of high-quality origami paper
• 12 colorful woodblock prints
• Vibrant and bright colors
• Double-sided color
• Extra Large 8 1/4 x 8 1/4 inch (21 cm) squares
• Step-by-step instructions for 5 easy-to-fold origami projects

These origami papers were developed to enhance the creative work of origami artists and paper crafters. The pack contains 12 carefully selected prints, and all of the papers are printed with coordinating colors on the reverse to provide aesthetically pleasing combinations in origami models that show both the front and back.

Warm up your origami skills with included instructions for 5 classic origami models.


About the Author:
Tuttle Studio draws inspiration from the modern and traditional cultures of Asia to create its language workbooks and resources, journals, stationery, gift wrapping products and origami paper. It is a division of Tuttle Publishing, a leading publisher of books on the languages, history, art and cultures of Asia. The company was founded in 1832 in Rutland, Vermont (USA) and opened a branch in Tokyo, Japan in 1948.

Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) was an influential artist and printmaker. Born in Edo (modern day Tokyo), he displayed artistic talent from a young age, and at 19 formally joined the studio of ukiyo-e artist Katsukawa Shunsho. In addition to his famous woodblock prints--the most famous of which is The Great Wave off Kanagawa (1830-32)--he also illustrated board games, drawing instruction books, paper lanterns and dioramas. Hokusai produced more than 30,000 works in his long career, and greatly influenced the impressionist painters of the nineteenth century; Monet acquired 23 of his pieces, while Degas cited Hokusai as the inspiration behind his sketches of the human form.