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Bookmark or Share- Katsushika Hokusai | The Art Institute of ChicagoHokusai spent the majority of his life in the capital of Edo, now Tokyo, and lived in a staggering 93 separate residences. Despite this frenetic movement, he produced tens of thousands of sketches, prints, illustrated books, and paintings.
- Katsushika Hokusai - 267 artworks - painting - WikiArt.orgKatsushika Hokusai (葛飾 北斎, listen (help·info), c. October 31, 1760 – May 10, 1849) was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. He was influenced by Sesshū Tōyō and other styles of Chinese painting.
- Hokusai's Iconic "Great Wave" - The Metropolitan Museum of ArtKnown for his ingenuity in creating striking designs through the clever use of perspective, Hokusai here shows Japan's tallest peak, Mount Fuji, as a small triangle in the distance, seen beneath a cresting wave—a symbol of nature's power.
- Katsushika Hokusai | South Wind, Clear Sky (Gaifū kaisei), also known ...Katsushika Hokusai Japanese. ca. 1830–32. Not on view. Hokusai's "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" is justly celebrated as one of the world's greatest series of images of various conditions and vantage points of a particular place, in this case, the mountain synonymous with Japan.
- Katsushika Hokusai Paintings, Bio, Ideas | TheArtStoryHokusai is widely recognized as one of Japan's greatest artists, having modernized traditional print styles through his innovations in subject and composition. His work celebrated Japan as a unified nation, depicting a diversity of landscapes and activities linked by shared symbols and stories.
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