Ariwara no Narihirafrom the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)
Katsushika Hokusai
1835–36
Medium
Color woodblock print, ōban
Dimensions
26.1 × 37.7 cm (10 1/4 × 14 5/8 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
89524
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...