“He was the greatest Japanese artist, yet many Japanese people, including myself, knew very little about his life.” Kawahara became fascinated with the life of Hokusai, which was not only ...

How did it come to be something people would want on their home? Christine Guth, author of Hokusai's Great Wave: Biography of a Global Icon, says its initial success was partly down to the use of ...

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 ...

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." ...

The dancer said he was so struck by "Hokusai Manga" that he imitated some of the poses of people featured in the collection of sketches. During the course of the story, Hokusai is stricken by the ...

An American magazine calls Katsushika Hokusai one of 100 people who left the most important achievements of the past millennium. Assisting him behind the scenes however was a woman: his daughter ...

the ultimate Hokusai compilation. If there is one person who embodies the “very demure, very mindful” aesthetic that has gone viral in recent months, it is the one and only Diane Keaton.

people know what you’re talking about and what mood you’re trying to evoke. Hokusai wasn’t a proto-Damien Hirst: money wasn’t important to him, but he did believe in spreading his message.