Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), Kanagawa-oki nami-ura (Under the Wave off Kanagawa), commonly referred to as The Great Wave, circa 1830-1831, Courtesy Bonhams

Bonhams Japanese Galleries
Saturday, September 14 at 2pm
580 Madison Avenue

JASA members are invited to a connoisseurship event hosted by Bonhams auction house in New York during Asia Week New York Autumn 2024. The Japanese Galleries event will focus on the appreciation of fine ukiyo-e woodblock prints, with Bonhams expert consultant Gary Levine, Head of Department Jeff Olson and specialist Philip Hafferty.

They will share with event participants a fine impression of Katsushika Hokusai’s iconic masterpiece Kanazawa oki nami ura (Under the Wave of Kanazawa) and his Sanka haku-u (White Rain Below the Mountain), more commonly known as The Great Wave and Black Fuji.

Other prints in this collection come from famed ukiyo-e artists Tōshūsai Sharaku, Kitagawa Utamaro and Utagawa Hiroshige. A special feature are several watercolors by Kawase Hasui, where viewers can see similarities and differences between these original paintings and several of his famous print designs.

Participants are also welcome to explore other artworks being offered at auction in all of Bonhams New York Asian Art Week sales, on view before and after the event. No fee or registration is required.

To learn more, click here.

Paul Binnie Courtesy JASA

Pigments of the Imagination
Wednesday, September 25 at 5 pm EDT
Zoom Webinar

Join JASA online for a live Zoom presentation by Scottish multidisciplinary artist Paul Binnie, who works in the tradition of Japanese woodblock printing, particularly shin-hanga, later this month. Paul will speak about his early training as a painter in Scotland and then as a woodblock printmaker in Japan in the 1990s and expand upon the influences on his work and the direction his work has followed over a career of more than thirty years.

To register for the Zoom event, click here.