The Floating World,” a multimedia extravaganza inspired by the art of 18th- and 19th-century Japan, is on view through ...

the aesthetic of these woodblock prints was considered by the West as quintessential Japanese art. It is a notion that still persists today. The obsession with ukiyo-e and specifically Hokusai’s ...

College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn is celebrating Japan’s iconic Shogun era with a never-seen-in-the-U.S. art exhibit. “Hokusai ...

Last year a print of “Under the Wave off Kanagawa,” the near-ubiquitous image by Katsushika Hokusai better ... 150 Years of Japanese Landscape Prints,” a new exhibition opening on Dec ...

The “Great Wave” is an integral part of Hokusai’s revered collection of woodblock prints: the “Thirty-six Views of Mount ... is Hokusai’s magnum opus and arguably the most familiar Japanese artwork to ...

Centered on the extraordinary appeal of "The Great Wave Off Kanagawa" by Katsushika Hokusai, this exhibition offers a smartly ...

was a genre of Japanese woodblock prints that first interested me in Japanese art. Two of these well-known print artists were Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) and Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858).

Hokusai brought to life a monumental wave that would become a worldwide icon. Behind this print lies a history of artistic ...

Japanese traditional woodblock prints, known as ukiyo-e ... Artists like Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849), Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), and Kitagawa Utamaro (1753–1806) became masters ...

From fascinating woodblock prints and beautiful landscape paintings to eye-catching sculptures, Japanese artists have created monumental pieces that have transformed the world of art. These famous ...