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Katsushika Fireworks

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Katsushika Fireworks
Katsushika Fireworks
Katsushika Fireworks
Katsushika Fireworks
Katsushika Fireworks
Katsushika Fireworks
Katsushika Fireworks
Katsushika Fireworks
Katsushika Fireworks
Katsushika Fireworks
Katsushika Fireworks
Katsushika Fireworks
Katsushika Fireworks
Katsushika Fireworks
Katsushika Fireworks
Phone:
+81 3-6758-2222

Address:
7 Shimabata, Katsushika 125-0052, Tokyo Prefecture

Katsushika Hokusai was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. Born in Edo , Hokusai is best known as author of the woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji which includes the internationally iconic print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa. Hokusai created the Thirty-Six Views both as a response to a domestic travel boom and as part of a personal obsession with Mount Fuji. It was this series, specifically The Great Wave print and Fine Wind, Clear Morning, that secured Hokusai’s fame both in Japan and overseas. As historian Richard Lane concludes, Indeed, if there is one work that made Hokusai's name, both in Japan and abroad, it must be this monumental print-series. While Hokusai's work prior to this series is certainly important, it was not until this series that he gained broad recognition.
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