Katsushika Hokusai

, also called Hokusai,  was a Japanese artist. He was a master of the ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting.Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric. (2005). "Hokusai" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 345.

The artist is best known for The Great Wave off Kanagawa, which is a woodblock print.Kleiner, Fred S. and Christin J. Mamiya, (2009). Gardner's Art Through the Ages: Non-Western Perspectives, p. 115.

List of print series

 53 Stations of the Tokaido Road, 1806
 36 Views of Mount Fuji,  1823–1829
 The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife, 1820
 A Tour of the Waterfalls of the Provinces, 1827–1830
 Unusual Views of Celebrated Bridges in the Provinces, 1827-1830
 100 Views of Mount Fuji, 1834

References

Other websites

 Artencyclopedia.com, Hokusai

Category:Japanese printmakers
Category:1760 births
Category:1849 deaths
Category:18th-century artists
Category:19th-century artists
Category:Artists from Tokyo