21.1 x 14.5 cm. (8.3 x 5.7 in.) ...

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 ...

David Edelstein under Unsplash License In 1831, the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai immortalized a snow-covered Mount Fuji in the background of his famous woodblock print, The Great Wave off ...

But an attempt to copy Hokusai’s woodblock prints using teabags, string and glue looked more like a domestic accident than a view of Mount Fuji. For older readers, meanwhile, one of the most rewarding ...

woodblock print, from the series Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyo kiran), signed Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu (Brush of Iitsu, the former Hokusai), censor’s seal kiwame ...

And it's how the most famous of all Japanese images, Hokusai's 'Great Wave', is sometimes read. This best-selling woodblock print was made around 1830 by the great artist Hokusai, as one of his ...

Hokusai used a type of printing called woodblock printing. Woodblock printing began in Japan and is one of the oldest types of printmaking. In woodblock prints, the design is cut or carved into a ...

The Great Wave may be one of the most recognisable works of art in the world, and now it's available as a LEGO Art project. LEGO Art Hokusai: The Great Wave enables you to recreate Hokusai's ...

The unrealistic composition is a hallmark of Hokusai’s mastery of the genre ... and “Fukujuso” (Adonis plant), which is comprised of 12 woodblock prints. Other notable works include Kitagawa ...

On September 17, Christie's sold its print of the iconic Japanese woodblock image for $858,800 ... estimate of $500,000 to ...