School of History, Classics & Archaeology

Dr Harding on BBC Radio 3

Dr Christopher Harding will be discussing Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai tomorrow night (24th May 2017). (Published 23 May 2017)

Painting - ‘The Great Wave off Kanagawa’ by Hokusai
‘The Great Wave off Kanagawa’ by Hokusai

Historian Dr Christopher Harding will be presenting an episode of Free Thinking featuring Tim Clark, curator of Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave, a new exhibition at the British Museum. The episode will discuss the work of Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai and will explore the relationship between Korea and Japan as films and exhibitions open in the UK.

'Free Thinking: Japan and Korea, Hokusai' will be aired on BBC Radio 3 tomorrow night at 10pm. The episode will be available on BBC iPlayer (link below).

The exhibition Hokusai: beyond the Great Wave runs at the British Museum from 25 May to 13 August.