Katsushika Hokusai was born in 1760 in Edo, today's Sumida district in Tokyo. He is considered the most famous artist of Japan. His best-known work is the color woodcut "The Great Wave before Kanagawa" (1830) from the cycle "36 Views of Mount Fuji" (1829-1833). His works are assigned to the genre Ukiyo-e. It means "images of the flowing world", a soulful, interconnected world in its eternal cycle of becoming and passing away. Hokusai drew, painted and printed nature and landscape paintings, portraits, everyday scenes and erotic depictions. The term "manga" goes back to him. So he described his sketchbooks with the everyday scenes from the Edo period.
Katsushika Hokusai gave himself over 30 different stage names throughout his life. Between 1834 and 1849 he signed his works with "Gakyo-rojin", Japanese for "old man crazy after painting".
"At the age of 100 I will have achieved an excellent rank, and at 110 every point, every line will have a life of their own, I just hope some people get so old to recognize the truthfulness of my words."
Even if he had not been granted the 110 years of his life, the prolific, prolific artist left more than 30,000 works behind. The magic of his visually stunning and subtle works is still unbroken until today.
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 from an untitled series known as Small Flowers - (MeisterDrucke-16474).jpg "Peonies and Canary (Shakuyaku, kanaari), from an untitled series known as Small Flowers by Katsushika Hokusai")
.jpg "Woodcut by Katsushika Hokusai")
.jpg "The Dream of the Fishermans Wife by Katsushika Hokusai")
.jpg "Hototogisu satsuki Cuckoo and Azalea, c1828, 1936 by Katsushika Hokusai")
.jpg "Pilgrims at Kirifuri Waterfall on Mount Kurokami in Shimotsuke Province by Katsushika Hokusai")
.jpg "The Great Wave off the Coast of Kanagawa, c1829-c1831 by Katsushika Hokusai")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-110151).jpg "The Little Raven with the Minamoto clan sword, c.1823 (colour woodcut) by Katsushika Hokusai")
.jpg "Kingfisher, Iris and Pinks, pub. by Nishimura Eijudo, c.1832, one of a set of ten prints, (chuban size, colour woodblock) by Katsushika Hokusai")
.jpg "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji- The Great Wave Off the Coast of Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai")
.jpg "From the series Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets: Minamoto no Muneyuki, c1830. by Katsushika Hokusai")
.jpg "The ghost of Oiwa. From the series Hyaku Monogatari One Hundred Ghost Stories , c. 1832. by Katsushika Hokusai")
.jpg "From the series Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets: Sugawara no Michizane, c1830. by Katsushika Hokusai")
.jpg "A man is watching at a beautiful woman by Katsushika Hokusai")
.jpg "Fireworks at Ryogoku Bridge, c. 1785 by Katsushika Hokusai")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-587657).jpg "The Amida Waterfall in the Province of Kiso (woodblock print) by Katsushika Hokusai")
.jpg "Album of Sketches by Katsushika Hokusai and His Disciples, 19th century. by Katsushika Hokusai")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-391190).jpg "The Six Master Poets, Edo Period (ink on paper) by Katsushika Hokusai")
.jpg "Sazai hall - Temple of Five Hundred Rakan by Katsushika Hokusai")
.jpg "A leather Pouch with kagami Netsuke ona partly opened fan by Katsushika Hokusai")
.jpg "A woman in shinto shrine has a stick with a lot of paper leaves by Katsushika Hokusai")
