Fishing by Torch in Kai Province (Koshu hiburi) from the series "One Thousand Pictures of the Ocean (Chie no umi)"
Katsushika Hokusai
c. 1833/34
Medium
Color woodblock print; chuban
Dimensions
18.8 × 26 cm (7 3/8 × 10 1/4 in.)
Classification
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
100625
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...