T-shirt #340 - Freer Gallery of Art

T-shirt #340 - Freer Gallery of Art

I missed a shot of the sleeve of this shirt, which reads: THUNDER GOD - adaptation of a Japanese Scroll painting by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849). - 1997 Freer Gallery of Art.

Also, just known as HOKUSAI at WIKIPEDIA and special Katsushika Hokusai  site. Hokusai is quite famous. See one of his most famous images farther below and/or check the links.

Because I am so far behind, for once, I am going to let the image carry the message (mostly).

HIATUS TEXT: REVISED 1402.18:  I have been trying to maintain a hiatus from large or over involved blog posts beginning with the start date of my hiatus on January 20th (almost a month ago) during which time I logged 21 posts, which I consider "Hiatus Shirts." By this term, Hiatus Shirt, I mean the shirt is not one that would cause me to write a great deal on the subject it features. These are shirts about which I can write anything, either a lot or a very little. The hiatus will continue, though as it has for the last few weeks, not consecutively as I will continue to mix Hiatus and Non-Hiatus shirts. The blog's year (365 shirts) draws close to a close. (I like the double word use in that previous sentence.) I hope to finish strong with some good entries with high quality content and imagery on some beloved subjects.

To earn this time, I will need to intersperse shirts of little consequence, what I have come to call Hiatus Shirts.

My original goal of working ahead remains. I need time to write the enormously lengthy text to complete the extensive love letter to certain beloved popular culture icons featured on my many special shirts.

Even with "Hiatus Shirts," I will try to share some worthy content as I have either an idea, a new suggestion of something to read/look at/listen to, or another installment of my various features, such as the WHY T-SHIRTS item, the WEEKLY COMIC BOOK LISTS, and the SHIRT I AM ACTUALLY WEARING TODAY among others. BTW, this is the standard HIATUS TEXT that I will include in every "hiatus shirt" entry.

Thanks for reading. I am always honored that people have taken some of their valuable time to look at my ongoing web writing project. Keep checking this address. I promise to make it worthwhile.

Just FYI, The Freer and Sackler Galleries are part of the Smithsonian system: LINKED HERE.

Quite likely, this shirt was a gift from my parents after a trip they made to Washington DC in 1997.

Seems a bit anti-climactic to post something so limited with only 25 shirts remaining. But with my current back log of EIGHT unfinished blog entries, a new record, I have to find ways to bring entries to a state that I consider "finished." And there's no reason why the content I had in mind for today's entry cannot be applied to a previous entry, like, say, yesterday's.

Thanks for checking me out, reader. More to come as I get into the final days of the 365 T-SHIRTS BLOG YEAR!!!

COUNTDOWN TO END OF THE BLOG YEAR - 25 shirts remaining

- chris tower - 1402.24 - 20:02