Katsushika HokusaiThe masters' master

Katsushika Hokusai was a Japanese artist born in 1760. Hokusai contributed to the Edo Period movement and died in 1849. Get notified when Katsushika Hokusai's biography is complete:

Katsushika Hokusai

The masters' master

1760-1849

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Ghosts, madness, and the blood-soaked end of feudalism

1839-1892

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Daughter of a master brings a new perspective to Edo Japan

1800-1866

1701 1900

Art is life, science is death

William Blake

A global titan of neoclassical sculpture

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Katsushika HokusaiThe masters' master

Courtesan Asleep

Amida Waterfall on the Kisokaido Road

Viewing Sunset over Ryôgoku Bridge from the Onmaya Embankment

Fuji from Goten-yama, at Shinagawa on the Tôkaidô

Small Red Blossoms on a Vine

Ushibori in Hitachi Province

Kohada Koheiji

The Falling Mist Waterfall at Mount Kurokami

Fujimigahara in Owari Province

Fishing by Torchlight in Kai Province

One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji