HOKUSAI

Meet the artist whose majestic wave sent ripples across the world. Hokusai, master artist and printmaker, is not only one of the gia nts of Japanese art but a father figure to Western modernism, inspiring a whole new notion of space for artists from Monet to Moriso t, Cassatt to Klimt. Spanning erotic books, historical novels, and album prints, this introduction traces the full scope of Hokusai s far-reaching portfolio.