Hokusai original

        In order to pursue his career, at the age of eighteen he entered the studio of Katsukawa Shunsh&#;, where he adopted the name Katsukawa Shunr&#;. In , the young painter, at twenty-nine years old, was forced to leave Katsukawa’s studio under peculiar circumstances

History of ukiyo-e

Hokusai samurai

Hokusai's fuji