Hokusai gained fame for his landscapes of Mt. Fuji, including “The Great Wave of Kanagawa,” but this collection reveals his genius for placing human figures in powerful natural settings. That skill is ...

The exhibition will feature 63 prints from the museum’s permanent collection that were created during the golden age of Japanese printmaking (1760-1860) by masters of the technique, including Suzuki ...

The great Japanese woodblock prints by the artists Katsushika Hokusai and Utagawa Hiroshige are so influential, and so beautiful, you never need any excuse to see them. "Japanese Impressions" at ...

Designed for Pleasure: The World of Edo Japan in Prints and Paintings, 1680-1860 is a landmark exhibition of 140 masterworks of Japanese ukiyo-e, from commercially released prints of iconic images by ...

See the set at this exhibition of the mutedly vibrant color woodblock prints, as well as pages from woodlock-printed books and the artist's preparatory drawings. Wednesday July 22 2015 ...

TOKYO (AP) — World-famous Japanese woodblock print artist Hokusai's art is on exhibit in Tokyo — on the license plates of scooters. The design, by a local student, blends old and new — the ...

It’s the penultimate work of Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai, “ukiyo-e” being a genre of Japanese art that was most prominent from the 17th through the 19th century.

The world’s most powerful passport just got a little bit more beautiful. Japan will start issuing passports featuring art by ukiyo-e master Katsushika Hokusai for people applying from February 4.

Chinese New Year woodblock prints, or nianhua, flourished hundreds of years ago. /CGTN Gusu woodblock prints like this flourished hundreds of years ago in China. /CGTN Details of Japanese ukiyo-e ...