Hokusai. Prints and Drawings

This volume includes full-color reproductions of drawings and woodblock prints by Japan´s most beloved artist. These landscapes-including his famous views of Mount Fuji- portraits of lovers and kabuki actors, nature and animal illustrations, as well as scenes of daily life in eighteenth and nineteenth-century Japan reveal the artist´s genius for rendering a wide variety of subjects. Matthi Forrer discusses in his essay Hokusai´s life and lasting popularity while placing his work within the context of Japanese society and the work of his contemporaries.