Hokusai

"Saisoro" (after Hokusai)

This is a digital copy of one of the works of the great Japanese master, Hokusai. He is probably best known for his famous Great Wave Off Kanagawa which dates to 1831. The image was enormously popular in its own time and has been the subject of many parodies over the ensuring years.  The Great Wave is a woodblock print. Printing blocks were made by artisans in those years, from Hokusai's drawings. I copied this particular image from a book by James Michener, Hokusai Sketchbooks, Selections from the Manga. The Manga were several collections of works by Hokusai dealing with various subjects that were issued during Hokusai's lifetime and afterward and sold popularly. This came from one of those selections, which were printed and colored.