Thread by @CurtisSChin

Am thinking it’s time for another #museum #TwitterTour—get ready....Catch the wave 🌊 & get ready for #Hokusai at the @smithsonian @FreerSackler #FreerSackler & a stop at @SIGardens 🇺🇸🇯🇵 #MadAboutHokusai Hokusai: Mad about Painting #北斎　
👉asia.si.edu/exhibition/hok…
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Have a read: a timeline of the man behind the iconic 🌊 #wave.
#MadAboutHokusai #JapaneseArt #Hokusai @FreerSackler

DYK: Hokusai Katsushika (d. 1849) created his most striking works after he turned 80 (& lived to 90). 🙌 #thefutureofaging @MIAging @Paul_Irving1 @psb_dc 🖖 #北斎

DYK: #Japan's passports will now feature iconic artwork from the legendary artist #Hokusai.

Learn more about his influential work via the @FreerSackler's #MadAboutHokusai exhibit, featuring over 120 works on display until Nov 8th! #北斎　@JapanEmbDC
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With the @smithsonian museums now closed, this #TwitterTour from last week resumes of the exhibition spotlighting the Japanese artist behind this iconic wave: 🌊 — “The Great Wave Off Kanagawa.” #MadAboutHokusai #Hokusai #北斎 at the @FreerSackler. Enjoy! #AsianArt

Let the screening begin! Or at least the screens. A @FreerSackler classic: #Hokusai at the Freer. #JapaneseArt #AsianArt #MadAboutHokusai #北斎

How cool is that. #Hokusai’s iconic wave will appear on #Japan’s new ¥1000 bill, to be issued in 2024. #MadaboutHokusai #北斎 @FreerSackler @japan @JapanEmbDC @usembassytokyo #money #currency

DYK: 1) The Japanese word “manga” means “doodles” or “idle jottings.” & 2) the Japanese artist #Hokusai produced some pretty amazing #manga. Here: on display at the @FreerSackler. #madaboutHokusai #北斎　

@GoogleDoodles, take note! #FreerSackler #Smithsonian #AsianArt

Spotlight: #squid!
Some amazing sea critters in these 150+ years old notebooks (#manga) by legendary Japanese artist #Hokusai (1760-1849). Spotted at the @FreerSackler exhibition #MadAboutHokusai.

Want to see some modern-day #squids? Go to @SarahMackAttack! 🦑
#イカ #いか

#ForcesofNature: of dragons 🐉, waves 🌊 & swirling clouds 🌫. Here at the @smithsonian @FreerSackler: #MadAboutHokusai #Hokusai #北斎 #WhereAsiaMeetsAmerica #AsianArt #FreerSackler

The Final Decade: #Hokusai, on exhibit at the Freer|Sackler. And around the corner, that’s Charles Lang Freer himself looking at a scroll. Freer was a US industrialist, art collector, & patron, & based on his collection was also likely #MadAboutHokusai!

#AsianArt @FreerSackler

Khaleesi! #Hokusai, got dragons. Daenerys Targaryen, take note, & make your way to the @FreerSackler once it re-opens. In the meantime, enjoy this #TwitterTour of the #MadAboutHokusai exhibition. #MuseumFromHome #AsianArt #FreerSackler #WashingtonDC

#quote. “#IfILivedToBe110, every dot & every line would be as if coming to life.” So wrote Japanese artist #Hokusai.

How about you?

#MadAboutHokusai #北斎 @FreerSackler #futureofaging

And it’s a wrap! Thanks for joining & following along with me on this quick #TwitterTour of the @FreerSackler exhibition of works by #Hokusai. (& yes, that’s a giant #dragon claw behind me 😬). #MadAboutPainting #MadAboutHokusai #北斎 asia.si.edu/exhibition/hok…

PS: Until the @smithsonian’s @FreerSackler re-opens post-#coronavirus shutdown, enjoy this quick 60-second video. #ShotoniPhone w/ videographer @josebcollazo in an #AsiaMinute.
(W/ the help of a #FreerSackler intern.) 🙌 #internsmatter m.youtube.com/watch?v=z5hxnA… #madaboutHokusai

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🌊 #hokusai