A Peasant Crossing a Bridge, from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poems
Katsushika Hokusai
late 1830s
Medium
Color woodblock print; nagaban
Dimensions
50 × 23.2 cm (19 11/16 × 9 3/16 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
57271
About the Artist
Katsushika Hokusai · 1760–1849
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) stands as one of history's most influential artists, a Japanese master who revolutionized the ukiyo-e woodblock print tradition and profoundly shaped Western art. Born in the Katsushika district of Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to an artisan family, Hokusai lived through nearly nine decades of extraordinary creative evolution, adopting over thirty different artistic names t...