Japanese stationery brand Shachihata is running an interactive stamp rally at Dulwich Picture Gallery, where the exhibition Hokusai: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji opened on the evening of Monday 19 October. The opening marked the start of a show celebrating the work of Katsushika Hokusai, one of Japan's most influential artists.
The stamp rally is one of the exhibition's visitor highlights. It is inspired by Hokusai's iconic woodblock print The Great Wave off Kanagawa and invites visitors to take part while the exhibition runs until 17 January 2027.
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 participants as the gallery received its opening visitors.
Ho said that working directly with the museum team on the project made it rewarding to see the activity operating in the exhibition. Ho added that visitors on Monday evening had enjoyed the experience and that the stamped result offered a keepsake to take home. According to Ho, this is the first stamp rally Shachihata has hosted within a museum exhibition in the UK.
The collaboration is particularly special for Shachihata as a Japanese brand involved in a project celebrating Japan's artistic heritage, and Ho described the opening evening as lovely.