Vijf vrouwenfiguren
Katsushika Hokusai
1800 - 1900
Medium
brush
Dimensions
266; 306
About this artwork
On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase Yamanaka, New York, 1939)
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...