I n 1831, the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai immortalized a snow-covered Mount Fuji in the background of his famous woodblock print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa.Although the image of the ...

The Great Wave off the Coast of Kanagawa', c1829-1831, from the series 36 Views of Mount Fuji. Source: Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images HOKUSAI, directed by Hajime Hashimoto ...

Angus Lockyer describes Katsushika Hokusai's Great Wave. It was produced in the early 1830s as part of a series, Thirty Six Images of Mount Fuji, which actually contained 46 images (because ...

O-Ei is by his side as he completes his iconic "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" series. When Hokusai grew too old to wield his brush freely, O-Ei becomes his "brush" and paints on his behalf.

This best-selling woodblock print was made around 1830 by the great artist Hokusai, as one of his series of 36 views of Mount Fuji. At first sight it presents a beautiful picture of a deep blue ...

During the course of the story, Hokusai is stricken by the beauty of Mount Fuji while he is on the road. When the ukiyo-e master comes across the indigo color he has been looking for, he explodes ...

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 ...