KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One of the world’s most famous paintings is now on display at the Nelson-Atkins Museum. Called “Under the ...

Works from Hokusai’s most iconic series, “Fugaku Sanjurokkei” (Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji), are featured on the pages. For the 10-year passport, 24 paintings are included in the ...

Art curators and collectors are buzzing over the discovery of a previously unknown painting believed to be by renowned ukiyo-e woodblock artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849). The portrait has ...

Collectors Jan Dees and René van der Star have donated to the Rijksmuseum a wide-ranging and world-class collection of modern Japanese lacquer comprising 90 objects.

Click the FOLLOW button to be the first to know about this artist's upcoming lots, sold lots, exhibitions and articles Three of these are dedicated solo exhibitions, like “The Road Less Traveled: ...

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.

A sell-out exhibition at the British Museum has proved once again the popularity of Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai, whose Great Wave is said to be the world's most reproduced image.

For him, all Japanese art emerged from The Great Wave Off Kanagawa—everything from anime to Yoko Ono. Its influence could not be overstated. “Hokusai: Waves of Inspiration” just opened at ...

The comical and spooky show — based on Katsushika Hokusai’s incomplete ukiyo-e print series, “One Hundred Ghost Stories” — is ...

woodblock print, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki), signed Saki no Hokusai Manji (Manji, the former Hokusai), censor's seal kiwame (approved), ...

The Great Wave off Kanagawa, by Katsushika Hokusai. (Wikimedia Commons) Associated with varied connotations, from royalty and divinity to tranquillity, the colour blue finds prominence in numerous ...

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 ...