
Katsushika Hokusai was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter & printmaker of the Edo period. In his time, he was Japan's leading expert on Chinese painting Born in Edo (now Tokyo), Hokusai is best-known as author of the woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji which
Includes:: the iconic & internationally recognized print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, created during the 1820s. Hokusai created the " Thirty-Six Views" both as a response to a domestic travel boom & as part of a personal obsession with Mount Fuji. It was this series, specifically The Great Wave print & Fuji in Clear Weather, that secured Hokusai’s fame both within Japan & overseas. It was The Great Wave print that initially received, & continues to receive, acclaim & popularity in the Western world