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Katsushika (葛飾区, Katsushika-ku) is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. It is known as Katsushika City in English. As of May 1, 2015, the ward has an estimated population of 444,356, and a population density of 12,770 people per km 2. The total area is 34.80 km 2.
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- The Legacy of Katsushika Hokusai
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Katsushika Hokusai was born in 1760 under the name of Kawamura Tokitaro and brought up by Isa Nakajima, a mirror maker for the Shogun. There is little known of Hokusai's early life, with suggestions that his mother was a concubine and that he was adopted by Nakajima at birth. Hokusai's childhood was spent in an artisan's community of wooden houses ...
In the 1790s, Hokusai parted ways with the Katsukawa school more definitively, having been expelled by Katsukawa's chief disciple following their master's death in 1793. He began to explore European traditions, acquiring French and Dutch copper engravings and experimenting with linear perspective. His work caught the eye of Utagawa Toyoharu, who in...
Hokusai firmly believed that he would improve as an artist as he grew older and posthumous critics have agreed that this was the case. In 1830, he published Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, pushing Ukiyo-e in the direction of landscape, and in 1831 published One Hundred Ghost Stories. He changed his name, at this point, to Iitsu, meaning "one year o...
Hokusai had a broad impact in his own lifetime and subsequently, with his influence spanning to the present day. Within Japan, his contributions moved Ukiyo-e from focusing on scenes of city life to landscapes and led to greater experimentation and change in approaches to perspective; Hokusai's approach was continued by Utagawa Hiroshige, who produ...
Learn about the life and work of Katsushika Hokusai, one of Japan's greatest artists who modernized Ukiyo-e woodblock prints with European perspective and themes. Explore his famous images of Mount Fuji, The Great Wave of Kanagawa, and The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife.
- October 31, 1760
- May 10, 1849
At the eastern tip of Tokyo is Katsushika City. Packed with the retro flair of the shitamachi*, this district is brimming with budget gourmet eats from the past and it's just a 30-minute train ride from Tokyo's central area. Here are our 5 top picks for local specialties! *Shitamachi...
Katsushika Hokusai was a Japanese artist and ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. Translated as ‘pictures of the floating world’, ukiyo-e artists made...
Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾 北斎, c. 31 October 1760 – 10 May 1849), known monomously as Hokusai, was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period, active as a painter and printmaker. [1] He is best known for the woodblock print series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, which includes the iconic print The Great Wave off Kanagawa.
Learn about the life and works of Katsushika Hokusai, a famous Japanese artist who created The Great Wave and other woodblock prints. Explore his artistic style, influences, and quest for immortality through his art.
Discover the key moments in the life of Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849), one of Japan’s best-loved and most inventive artists. Follow his remarkable journey from lowly apprentice to rising star painting before the shogun.
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