Just as in Hokusai's original - which master cutters carved into multiple blocks of wood, so it could be printed again and again - the wave is cresting, dozens of foam fingers stretching out from it.

The portrait apparently was executed by Hokusai in his early 40s, based on kanji characters that state it was done in 1803 in the Japanese imperial era. Only a few original portraits drawn by ...

Japan's iconic ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai left an indelible mark on the art world. We trace the development of "The Great Wave" and the location that inspired "Rainstorm beneath the Summit." ...

Containing 800 illustrations and covering the period 1812 to 1848, this omnibus edition collects 15 volumes of Hokusai’s manuals, showing his playful approach to drawing accompanied by amusing ...

The act of painting was always kurara to O-Ei, the daughter of the Edo period master painter Katsushika Hokusai. Since her childhood, she was captivated by painting. O-Ei marries a town painter ...

And it's how the most famous of all Japanese images, Hokusai's 'Great Wave', is sometimes read. This best-selling woodblock print was made around 1830 by the great artist Hokusai, as one of his ...

'HOKUSAI' scriptwriter and actor Len Kawahara says recreating the artist’s journey was 'like joining the dots' and that his 200-year-old artworks contain messages still relevant today.

These haunting figures are a mix of butoh and contemporary dancers in costume, and their meandering performance is titled “Yokai Encyclopedia Hokusai's 100 Stories One After Another.” ...

Its influence could not be overstated. “Hokusai: Waves of Inspiration” just opened at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and diagrams the career of the Edo ...

Interest in Hokusai extended to one of his original ink paintings, Swimming Carp, which saw a lot of competition, with ...