Dulwich Picture Gallery in London opened Hokusai: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji on the evening of Monday 19 October, and among the highlights for visitors is an interactive stamp rally hosted by Japanese stationery brand Shachihata.
The rally takes its cue from Katsushika Hokusai's woodblock print The Great Wave off Kanagawa, one of the most recognisable images in the artist's celebrated series. Visitors collect stamps as they make their way through the exhibition, and the completed card serves as a keepsake that they can take home.
Chantelle White, manager of the London International Stationery Show, and Shunyan Ho, UK and Ireland business development manager at Shachihata EU, were among the first to try the rally as the gallery welcomed its opening-night visitors.
Ho said she had worked directly with the museum team on the project and was glad to see it come to life at the exhibition. She reported that Monday's visitors enjoyed the experience and described the stamp card as a lovely keepsake, noting that this is the first time Shachihata has hosted a stamp rally within a museum exhibition in the UK. She summed up the opening as a really pleasant evening.
For Shachihata, a Japanese brand, joining a project that celebrates Japan's artistic heritage gives the collaboration particular significance.
Hokusai: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji remains open at Dulwich Picture Gallery until 17 January 2027.