Original artwork description:

The famous Japanese woodblock print maestro Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) named a series of his most famous prints - now adorning mugs and mouse-mats worldwide - '36 views of Mt Fuji.' This painting aims to replicate some woodblock print effects and was originally entitled 'One View Of Autumn In Japan, Somewhere Near Kyoto'. Ably aided by Google Translate this is what I thought he was writing on the left of the painting. Photo Translator App, however, thinks otherwise, and its title has stuck. The painting contains another more deliberate error. Early Japanese woodblock prints involves carving an image from paper onto a wood block and then inking the block and printing the image. Although it would have been possible virtually no Japanese woodblock prints depicts any shadows or reflections on water. In western myth ghosts do not cast shadows; in Japanese folklore shadows and reflections signify similar demons. So, on reflection, for the avoidance of doubt, this is not a genuine woodblock print.

Materials used:

Acrylics

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