Katsushika Hokusai

(noun)

(1760–1849) A Japanese artist famous for his woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, which includes perhaps the most famous Japanese woodblock print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa.

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Examples of Katsushika Hokusai in the following topics:

  • Ukiyo-e Woodblock Prints in the Edo Period

    • Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (富 Fugaku Sanjūroku-kei, c. 1831), which includes the internationally recognized print The Great Wave off Kanagawa, was created during the 1820s by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849).
    • Hokusai was influenced by such painters as Sesshu and other styles of Chinese painting.
    • While Hokusai's work prior to this series is certainly important, it was not until this series that he gained broad recognition.
    • The Great Wave off Kanagawa, Hokusai's most famous print, the first in the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
    • Although it is often used in tsunami literature, there is no reason to suspect that Hokusai intended it to be interpreted in that way.

  • Art Nouveau

    • About the same time, the flat perspective and strong colors of Japanese wood block prints, especially those of Katsushika Hokusai, had a strong effect on the formulation of Art Nouveau.

  • Digital Art