In a long and successful career, Hokusai produced over 30,000 paintings, sketches, woodblock prints, and images for picture books. Innovative in his compositions and exceptional in his drawing …

Nov 27, 2025 · Hokusai (born October 1760, Edo [now Tokyo], Japan—died May 10, 1849, Edo) was a Japanese master artist and printmaker of the ukiyo-e (“pictures of the floating world”) school.

Hokusai is widely recognized as one of Japan's greatest artists, having modernized traditional print styles through his innovations in subject and composition. His work celebrated Japan as a unified …

Hokusai spent the majority of his life in the capital of Edo, now Tokyo, and lived in a staggering 93 separate residences. Despite this frenetic movement, he produced tens of thousands of sketches, …

Mar 15, 2022 · Katsushika Hokusai is often credited as the most famous Japanese artist in the world. His prints were sought after throughout his life until this very day. Without Hokusai’s daring …

Sep 8, 2025 · Hokusai didn’t shy away from making large-scale, public works using unconventional methods. During a festival in Tokyo in 1804, he created a portrait of the Buddhist priest Daruma …

Dec 5, 2025 · Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) was a painter and printmaker who rose to prominence during the Edo period in Japan. Hokusai created art in the style of Ukiyo-e, a genre which focused on …