Harumichi no Tsuraki, from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)"
Katsushika Hokusai
c. 1833/34
Medium
Color woodblock print; vertical nagaban
Dimensions
53 × 23.7 cm (20 7/8 × 9 3/8 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
24967
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...