One of the world’s most famous paintings is now on display at the Nelson-Atkins Museum. Called “Under the Wave off Kanagawa,” ...

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Art curators and collectors are buzzing over the discovery of a previously unknown painting believed to be by renowned ukiyo-e woodblock artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849). The portrait has ...

HOKUSAI' scriptwriter and actor Len Kawahara says recreating the artist’s journey was 'like joining the dots' and that his 200-year-old artworks contain messages still relevant today.

KYOTO--Featuring erotic works created by some of the most celebrated ukiyo-e artists, the Hosomi Museum here is hosting its first “shunga” exhibition in eight years.

The comical and spooky show — based on Katsushika Hokusai’s incomplete ukiyo-e print series, “One Hundred Ghost Stories” — is ...

For him, all Japanese art emerged from The Great Wave Off Kanagawa—everything from anime to Yoko Ono. Its influence could not be overstated. “Hokusai: Waves of Inspiration” just opened at ...

The act of painting was always kurara to O-Ei, the daughter of the Edo period master painter Katsushika Hokusai. Since her childhood, she was captivated by painting. O-Ei marries a town painter ...

Interest in Hokusai extended to one of his original ink paintings, Swimming Carp, which saw a lot of competition, with ...

Now to the digital Timex 80 pair. The first has a gold coloured case and features The Great Wave off Kanagawa, a woodblock print by Japanese artist Hokusai, whose name appears below the digital dial.

Collectors Jan Dees and René van der Star have donated to the Rijksmuseum a wide-ranging and world-class collection of modern Japanese lacquer comprising 90 objects.