The act of painting was always kurara to O-Ei, the daughter of the Edo period master painter Katsushika Hokusai. Since her childhood, she was captivated by painting. O-Ei marries a town painter ...

Japan's iconic ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai left an indelible mark on the art world. We trace the development of "The Great Wave" and the location that inspired "Rainstorm beneath the Summit." ...

This year’s Japanese Film Festival will open with a new biopic delving into the life and times of Katsushika Hokusai, one of Japan’s most influential artists. 'HOKUSAI' scriptwriter and actor ...

Tanaka plays the older Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), a renowned ... The dancer said he was so struck by "Hokusai Manga" that he imitated some of the poses of people featured in the collection ...

Katsushika Hokusai, a well-known Japanese artist ... he was happy to see “Saudi artists being inspired by the Japanese manga to create their artworks.” “I sincerely hope this exhibition ...

OBUSE, Nagano Prefecture--An extremely rare hand-drawn portrait likely by renowned ukiyo-e woodblock artist Katsushika Hokusai that recently came to light has triggered a quest to identify the ...

Visitors can step back in time to Japan's samurai era in an new Tokyo exhibition that uses cutting-edge technology to bring ...

Angus Lockyer describes Katsushika Hokusai's Great Wave ... These books were called his "Manga", which is a kind of prototype of modern manga – the meaning was slightly different in Hokusai ...

was born the third daughter of Edo’s talented painter Katsushika Hokusai and his second wife Koto. Although Oei became the wife of a town painter for a time, her love of the paintbrush more than ...