Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki
Katsushika Hokusai
1833 - 1837
Medium
nishiki-e
Dimensions
372; 254
About this artwork
Gift of the Rijksmuseum-Stichting
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...