French Impressionist painter Claude Monet (1840-1926) and Edo-era Japanese printmaker Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) never met and were alive at the same time for only nine years. But sometimes your ...
This year’s Japanese Film Festival will open with a new biopic delving into the life and times of Katsushika Hokusai, one of Japan’s most influential artists. 'HOKUSAI' scriptwriter and actor ...
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." ...
It influenced the work of every Impressionist – from Manet to Degas. You can argue that without Hokusai’s Great Wave, modern art would have looked different. This strikes me as being quite ...
Yet Hokusai has drawn the sea over which these ... The Japanese artist who had been so influenced by European style and materials now influenced the Europeans artists in return.
OBUSE, Nagano Prefecture--An extremely rare hand-drawn portrait likely by renowned ukiyo-e woodblock artist Katsushika Hokusai that recently came to light has triggered a quest to identify the ...
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 ...
Tanaka plays the older Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), a renowned ukiyo-e woodblock artist in the Edo Period (1603-1867), in the latter half of "Hokusai," taking over the role from Yuya Yagira ...