The Nelson - Atkins presents Hokusai: Waves of Inspiration from The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Explore Hokusai’s innovation and influence through the centuries.
Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) is one of the most famous Japanese artists in history, thanks largely to his instantly recognizable print known familiarly as the Great Wave. Hokusai: Waves of Inspiration features work from his own expansive and versatile career as well as objects in many different media by the generations of artists that he inspired.
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Hokusai began painting at an early age. At 19, he joined the studio of Katsukawa Shunshō, where he mastered ukiyo-e, a school of woodblock prints, paintings, and illustrated books embodying urban popular culture. Building on this base, Hokusai expanded the focus of the traditional subjects of ukiyo-e throughout his seven-decade career. Waves of Inspiration features roughly 100 works of art by Hokusai himself, highlighting the breadth of subjects the artist tackled — including actors, landscapes, still life, supernatural legends and tales, and wildlife.
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