Arts See Hokusai’s work from a new perspective at the MFA The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, will display over 90 Hokusai woodblock prints, paintings, and illustrated books.

Hokusai’s work during his long career (he lived to the age of 88) tackled several genres and mediums, including book illustrations. The most famous of these illustrations was a piece of erotic ...

Hokusai’s 36 Views of Mount Fuji was especially celebrated. The series was published between 1830 and 1834 and initially consisted of 36 works, as evidenced by its title, but grew to include ten ...

Left, Monet’s “The Water Lily Pond” from 1900, shows the influence of Japanese printmakers. Right, a work by Hokusai, “Li Bai Admiring a Waterfall,” from 1849.

Hokusai’s Great Wave: Biography of a Global Icon (2015) by Christine M. E. Guth Courtesy the author and University of Hawaii Press Hokusai’s Great Wave: Biography of a Global Icon (2015) by ...

Haft said he respectfully disagrees and holds Hokusai’s estimated 30,000 prints that span his 70-year career as evidence. “The power of Hokusai’s work is immediately inspiring,” said Haft.

Hokusai's prints were affordable, and he became a household name in Japan. ... “This work is beautiful, it's immense, it's grand and gorgeous – but also turbulent.

Over the following years, Hokusai’s work grew on him. “I found them very stylized and beautiful in detail and composition,’’ he recalled, “whether it is the people, landscapes or the sea.” ...

This Lego build of Hokusai’s 1831 woodblock print, designed by Lego artist Jumpei Mitsui and assembled here in a 10-minute time-lapse that Boing Boing pointed to today, was recently featured in ...

The three-dimensional dupe of the iconic work comes with its own soundtrack for enhanced relaxing. Available January 1 for $100. Lego's 'Great Wave' Set Lets You Recreate a Katsushika Hokusai Artwork ...