Katsushika Hokusai Series Print !

Hokusai Series Print ! Buyō Tsukuda-jima Tsukada-eiland in de provincie Musashi . Katsushika Hokusai was born in 1760 in Edo, today's Sumida district of Tokyo. He is considered Japan's most famous artist. Probably his most famous work is the woodcut "The Big Wave in front of Kanagawa" (1830) from the cycle "36 Views of Mount Fuji" (1829-1833). His works have been assigned to the genre of ukiyo-e. It means "images of the fluid world," a pathetic, interconnected world in its eternal cycle of becoming and dying. Hokusai drew, painted and printed nature and landscape paintings, portraits, everyday scenes and erotic scenes. The term "manga" also goes back to him. This is how he described his sket...View all