No. 22: Okabe, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"
Katsushika Hokusai
c. 1805
Medium
Color woodblock print; yotsugiriban
Dimensions
7.5 × 11.8 cm (4 5/8 × 6 7/8 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
33444
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...