In 1814, Hokusai’s sketches were published in a handbook of over 4,000 images: Hokusai Manga. It surpassed expectations as a student reference book, and became a bestseller. Here, in an elegant, three
Much admired and highly prized worldwide, the romantically idealized figures and objects in this superb collection of Japanese prints depict a wide range of subjects ? from courtesans, geishas, and sa
"Kasushika Hokusai was one of the foremost ukiyo-e artists of his generation and his Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji one the best know series in all of Japanese woodblock printing. Mt. Fuji had and conti
Hokusai's images from nature and portraits of geishas and samurai revolutionized the 19th-century art world. Years later, his works continue to inspire and influence. This collection features 24 of th
Beautiful reproductions of Katsushika Hokusai's Kingfisher, Irises, and Pinks; Kitagawa Utamaro's The Courtesan Hinazuru at the Keizetsuro; Eisui's Somenosuke of the Matsubaya, and 13 other works of a
Japanese folklore is a goldmine of terrifying supernatural Yokai monsters, demons, phantoms. A large number of Ukiyo-e woodblock printings created in Edo period (1603-1868) depict these monstrous bein