The Great Wave
An Icon of our Times
3 March 2027
Digby hall , hound street, sherborne at 3 pm and 7 pm
Katsushika Hokusai: Tsunami, 19c. Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Hokusai – Great-Wave-Copy
Hokusai’s Great Wave: An Icon of Our Times. Created in 1831-32
as part of a series of ‘The Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji’, this
seemingly simple image had a turbulent beginning and a complex story; it is a
masterpiece that has inspired hundreds of artists and copyists across the world into the
modern age.
Suzanne Perrin
An independent researcher and historian specialising in Japanese History, Art & Culture, and founded Japan Interlink in 1995 UK. Suzanne studied Nihonga to promote the understanding of Japan in the traditional Japanese painting at Nagoya University of Arts and gained a certificate there, and reached Level 3 in Japanese Language at the Japan
Foundation in London. Suzanne has lectured to a wide range of institutions including
universities, museums and adult education groups in the UK and overseas. She taught Japanese History & Culture at Richmond American International University in London for over ten years, lectures for the Arts of Asia course at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, for the British Museum and London Institute Universities, the University
of Cape Town, and University of Brighton Art & Design School; has given lecture tours for DARTS in South Africa, ADFAS in Australia and for The Arts Societies in Europe (Spain, Germany, Malta, Belgium). Suzanne has organised exhibitions of Japanese arts and crafts including Kimono exhibitions for demonstration and display. Suzanne has published articles on Japanese culture and contemporary living for various magazines, and published her first book in 2016 titled: Bridges: Anglo Pioneers 1945-2015.
Japanese Cultural
She is working on her second book on Japanese crafts people in Kyoto, and visits Japan regularly to continue her research. She is now based in Sherborne Dorsetand is a member of the TASS committee.