The Art of Katsushika Hokusai

Katsushika Hokusai (1760 - 1849) was born to an artisan family in the Katsushika district of Edo, which is now modern Tokyo, also referred to as the Edo period. He was a towering figure in the field of ukiyo-e, a genre of Japanese woodblock printmaking. He also excelled in all areas of painting and his outstanding images are known all over the world. (Hokusai, Katsushika. The Great Wave off