Japanese stationery brand Shachihata is hosting an interactive stamp rally at Dulwich Picture Gallery in London, running alongside the exhibition Hokusai: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, which opened on the evening of Monday 19 October.
The exhibition celebrates the work of Katsushika Hokusai, and the stamp rally is one of the visitor highlights. It takes its inspiration from his woodblock print “The Great Wave off Kanagawa”. According to Shachihata, this is the first time the company has run a stamp rally inside a museum exhibition in the UK.
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 visitors to try the rally as the exhibition welcomed its opening audience.
Ho said she had worked directly with the museum team on the project and was pleased to see it realised at the exhibition. She said visitors on the Monday evening enjoyed the experience, and described the stamps as a keepsake for people to take home.
For Shachihata, a Japanese brand, taking part in 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.