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KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI

Mayumi Nishikawa restores ukiyo-e in Dresden, Germany, in December.
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May 13, 2026
Japanese restorer reviving ukiyo-e in Germany
The museum is promoting a project to sort and restore more than 10,000 Japanese artworks that have been kept in its repository.
London-based composer Dai Fujikura speaks during an interview in London on Oct. 6.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 4, 2025
Hokusai-themed opera ¡®The Great Wave¡¯ to premiere in Scotland
The opera is the latest work by London-based composer Dai Fujikura and is a joint production with Scotland¡¯s Scottish Opera.
Masami Nagasawa plays the talented but circumscribed offspring of a famed ukiyo-e artist in ¡°Hokusai¡¯s Daughter.¡±
CULTURE / Film
Oct 9, 2025
¡®Hokusai¡¯s Daughter¡¯ captures the ferocity of a forgotten painter
Masami Nagasawa delivers one of her most compelling performances yet in Tatsushi Omori¡¯s historical biopic.
Retired management professor and trekker Jitendra V. Singh completed his goal of collecting all 46 prints in the series ¡°Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji¡± in 2023.
CULTURE / Art
Mar 23, 2024
One collector¡¯s high mountain road to Hokusai
A professor¡¯s 30-year dream of assembling a complete set of ¡°Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji,¡± the pinnacle of the artist¡¯s career, leads to an auction.
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Mar 23, 2023
¡®Great Wave¡¯ print sells for $2.76 million, setting new record for Hokusai
The work, formally titled ¡®Under the Wave off Kanagawa,¡¯ sold during a live auction featuring Japanese and Korean art at Christie¡¯s auction house.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 3, 2020
The battle of ukiyo-e: Hokusai vs. his pupils
Refusing to be bound by tradition or convention, Hokusai bent rules and sought inspiration from all corners ¡ª but how did such audacity influence his own students and followers?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 23, 2018
Kazuo Okada¡¯s all-star cast of Asian art
To celebrate its fifth anniversary, the Okada Museum of Art in Hakone is bringing out all its major works by the masters ¡ª from 16th- and 17th-century Rinpa painters Tawaraya Sotatsu and Ogata Korin to 18th- and 19th-century ukiyo-e artists Kitagawa Utamaro and Katsushika Hokusai.
CULTURE / Art
Sep 25, 2018
Hokusai: Examining the enduring allure of a Japanese icon
Hokusai¡¯s thirst for new forms of expression and willingness to abandon established techniques continues to intrigue the world today.
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Dec 19, 2016
Museum dedicated to Hokusai opens
A museum honoring Katsushika Hokusai, a ukiyo-e artist in the Edo Period, has opened in Tokyo¡¯s Sumida Ward.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 20, 2015
Keiichi Hara¡¯s new animation honors Hokusai¡¯s daughter
Ukiyo-e master Katsushika Hokusai is one of Japan¡¯s best-known artists. His print ¡°The Great Wave off Kanagawa,¡± with its giant blue wave curling over a tiny Mount Fuji, is seen on T-shirts and coffee mugs around the world. Given his multifarious talent, vast energy and long life ¡ª Hokusai died in...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 4, 2014
¡®Hokusai: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji¡¯
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), one of the most renowned ukiyo-e artists of the late Edo Period (1603-1868), is still, even 165 years after his death, growing in popularity worldwide.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jul 5, 2014
Off the beaten path on Japan¡¯s paper trail
At a little roadside store in rural Nagano, a foreign tourist is miming a rice bowl with her cupped left hand. Firm in the belief that Japanese washi (paper ¡ª wa meaning Japanese and shi meaning paper) was made from rice, she waves her flattened right hand across the ¡°bowl,¡± miming her desire for ¡°sheets¡°...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 28, 2014
The ¡®Great Wave¡¯ that reached the West
Ukiyo-e prints could be found in Europe from at least 1795 at the Cabinet des Estampes at the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris. It was not until the 1850s, however, when trade between Japan and Europe began to flourish, that the craze for things Japanese began to crescendo.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 5, 2014
¡®Mt. Fuji, Cherry Blossoms, and Flowers in Spring¡¯
Yamatane Museum of Art is saluting last year¡¯s inclusion of Mount Fuji as a World Cultural Heritage Site with this special and classic exhibition of Mount Fuji works.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Low-income families in Japan cut food and air conditioning during summer break
Yumiko Watanabe, the chairperson of nonprofit Kidsdoor, explains the results of a survey in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 1.
Iran strikes on CIA facilities prompt questions about possible Russian role
Iranian drones are displayed in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on Jan. 13, 2025.U.S. officials have acknowledged that Russia has ?provided targeting ?and other support for Iran in its drone strikes on U.S. targets in the Persian Gulf region.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

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