- 24 May 2026, 20:00Tickets
THE LIFE OF HOKUSAI by Katsumi Sakakura
ORIENTARHYTHM
The country: Japan
Location: "Eugène Ionesco" National Theater
Direction: Katsumi Sakakura
Duration of the show: 50 min (without break)
Synopsis:
Can obsession with art make us forget love?
The performance explores the intimate world of the great artist Katsushika Hokusai, so absorbed in his creation that he neglected his wife Koto’s illness. After her sudden death, Hokusai is haunted by remorse and by the memory of having neglected his beloved. All these thoughts and feelings he poured into his final masterpiece, The Dragon above Mount Fuji.
What did he find there? An emotional story about art, love, and regret.