Henri-Alexis Baatsch

A deluxe large-format edition of this beautifully illustrated introduction to Katsushika Hokusai, the most prolific artist of Japan's Edo period, and master of ukiyo-e - 'images of the floating world'. Hokusai: A Life in Drawing (Deluxe Edition) showcases the famous blue, foam-crested wave rearing above Mount Fuji, the celebrated volcano idealised and reinvented by the artist in every nuance of...

Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) was the most prolific and diverse artist of Japan's Edo period, with a body of work reputed to include more than 30,000 drawings, paintings, and prints. This book traces the career of this child from a working-class district of old Tokyo, then known as Edo, evoking the special atmosphere of this great city and of Japanese life,...