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Museum dedicated to woodcut artist Hokusai opens in Tokyo

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I really couldn't imagine a more inappropriate building to house his art. These ultra modern galleries are becoming so boring.

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M3M3M3 - fully agree. A more traditional building would have done Hokusai more justice. In this, he is completely separated from the surrounding...

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My local grocery store is right across from this building, so I have watched it built. M3 an ebi could not be more wrong. It is a fantastically interesting building. What do they want? Another boring rectangular box building. People around here are pretty proud of this new museum and it is endlessly facinating. In fact, on a cloudy day, it seems to completely disappear, which is quite a trick...not dissimilar to some of the visual tricks Hokusai himself played in his artwork.

Go visit it and see for yourself. Might be a good idea to keep in mind that Hokusai himself was considered quite a modern guy in his time.

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Getting to the Bah! Humbug! time of year again...

The building looks as cutting edge as Hokusai undoubtedly was in his time.

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