Japanese

The history of Manga

Manga was invented by the famous woodblock print artist Katsushika Hokusai. ‘Hokusai Manga’ is a collection of sketches of various subjects that includes landscapes, everyday life, and supernatural and among others. Hokusai manga is block printed in three colours that are grey, black and pale flesh. Hokusai published 15 volumes, the first published was in 1814. Hokusai manga turned out to be very popular among people and it became the best seller in the Edo period. The Hokusai manga began to spread all over Japan and then continued to spread in Europe in the mid-nineteenth century. The impressionists such as Manet, Monet, Degas, among others were influenced by this original work of art.   

Nowadays, one can still see Japanese artists drawing mangas such as Kishimoto Masashi, Mashima Hiro, Hatori Bisco among others. Since the development of technology mangas are different from the Edo period. This is mainly because in the Edo period, artists used woodblock printing while nowadays a technological approach is used such as tablets.

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Hokusai Manga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 2013. Hokusai Manga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [ONLINE] Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokusai_Manga. [Accessed 15 May 2013].