Describing the life and times of Katshushika Hokusai. Includes work analysis and a history of the period.

The Edo Peroid & Ukio E Katsushika Hokusai was born in 1760, half-way through the Edo period (1603 - 1868) in Japan. He was born into one of the four classes in Japan (Samurai, then peasants, artisans and merchants); Hokusai was destined to become an artist. Ukiyo-e was at the time the most popular form of art in Japan. It involves woodblock printing in a very simple way; excluding such western principles such as perspective. The word …

…amp;gt;Many of Hokusai's details all add up towards a fantastic final picture, but without very close inspection, most of it would go unnoticed. Bibliography <Tab/>www.japan-guide.com <Tab/>www.japan-zone.com <Tab/>www.bahnhof.se <Tab/>spectacle.berkeley.edu/%7Efiorillo <Tab/>www.asia-art.net <Tab/>www.japanprints.com