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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.jpg "Woodcut by Katsushika Hokusai")
 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 "Pilgrims at Kirifuri Waterfall on Mount Kurokami in Shimotsuke Province by Katsushika Hokusai")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-587657).jpg "The Amida Waterfall in the Province of Kiso (woodblock print) by Katsushika Hokusai")
 - (MeisterDrucke-110151).jpg "The Little Raven with the Minamoto clan sword, c.1823 (colour woodcut) by Katsushika Hokusai")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-391190).jpg "The Six Master Poets, Edo Period (ink on paper) by Katsushika Hokusai")
 - (MeisterDrucke-176874).jpg "Dragon emerging from clouds, Edo period (ink on paper) by Katsushika Hokusai")
 - (MeisterDrucke-211471).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 "Eight part bridge, province of Mucawa, Japan, c.1830 (wood block print) by Katsushika Hokusai")
.jpg "Drawing of a man resting on an axe and carrying part of a tree trunk on his back (ink on paper) by Katsushika Hokusai")
