Hokusai
Subtitle: Genius of the Japanese Ukiyo-e
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Kodansha International
Published: November 15, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9784770024794
Subjects: History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Individual artists; Oriental art; Prints & printmaking; Printmaking; Individual Painters - 19th Century; Art & Art Instruction; Art; Japan; Asian; Individual Artist; Art / Prints
First sentence: Katsushika Hokusai made his artistic debut in 1779 at the age of nineteen as a pupil of Katsukawa Shunsho (1726-92), active at the time as a master of the yakusha nigao-e (likenesses" of well-known Kabuki actors).