Japanese stationery brand Shachihata is hosting an interactive stamp rally at Dulwich Picture Gallery in London, staged alongside the gallery's exhibition Hokusai: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, which opened on the evening of Monday 19 October.
The rally draws on Katsushika Hokusai's woodblock print The Great Wave off Kanagawa, one of the best-known works in the show, and gives visitors a hands-on activity to take part in while viewing the exhibition.
Shunyan Ho, UK and Ireland business development manager at Shachihata EU, and Chantelle White, manager of the London International Stationery Show, were among the first to complete the rally as the gallery received its opening visitors.
Ho said she had worked directly with the museum team on the project and that seeing it open within the exhibition was rewarding. Visitors on the Monday evening enjoyed the experience, she said, describing the stamped sheets as a keepsake for people to take home. According to Ho, the project marks the first time Shachihata has hosted a stamp rally inside a museum exhibition in the UK, and she described the opening evening as a lovely one.
Heritage link gives the project added weight
For Shachihata, a Japanese brand, involvement in a project celebrating Japan's artistic heritage makes the collaboration particularly meaningful, the company said.
Hokusai: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji remains open at Dulwich Picture Gallery until 17 January 2027.