Who was this person?
A late-Edo ukiyo-e artist. Born in Honjo, Edo, he trained under Katsukawa Shunshō and is said to have changed his art name more than 30 times and moved house over 90 times. In his seventies he published Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, whose "Great Wave off Kanagawa" is among the best-known Japanese images in the world. His Hokusai Manga sketchbooks influenced European painters.
| Name | Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎) |
|---|---|
| Born–died | 1760 – 1849 |
| Period | Edo period |
| Birthplace | Honjo Warigesui, Edo (now Sumida, Tokyo) |
| Also known as | Katsukawa Shunrō, Gakyō Rōjin Manji |
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Born at Honjo in Edo (Sumida, Tokyo).
Around this time he apprenticed with a woodblock carver.
He became a pupil of the ukiyo-e artist Katsukawa Shunshō and, as Shunrō, began making actor prints and more.
Around this time he left the Katsukawa school, studying Kanō and even Western painting to forge his own style. He reportedly changed names many times and moved house extremely often.
Publication began of the Hokusai Manga, sketchbooks of people, animals and scenery meant as models, which later influenced artists abroad.
In a temple precinct in Nagoya he painted a huge Daruma on paper the size of 120 tatami mats, astonishing the crowd.
Around this time he published the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, showing the mountain from many places (date debated). "The Great Wave off Kanagawa", with Fuji beyond a towering wave, is famous worldwide.
He published One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji, signing himself "Old Man Mad about Painting", and wrote that if he lived to 110 he might truly master his art.
Around this time he visited Obuse in Shinano (Nagano) and painted great waves and other images on the ceilings of festival floats.
He died in Edo, reportedly saying that if heaven granted him five more years he could become a true painter. He is said to have left over 30,000 works.
A. A late-Edo ukiyo-e artist. Born in Honjo, Edo, he trained under Katsukawa Shunshō and is said to have changed his art name more than 30 times and moved house over 90 times. In his seventies he published Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, whose "Great Wave off Kanagawa" is among the best-known Japanese images in the world. His Hokusai Manga sketchbooks influenced European painters.
A. Period: Edo period. Born in 1760, died in 1849.
A. Katsushika Hokusai was born in Honjo Warigesui, Edo (now Sumida, Tokyo).
A. It was published around 1831, early in the Tenpō era, as one of the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji. Its composition, with a tiny Mount Fuji beyond a huge wave, is known abroad as "The Great Wave".
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