An enduring bestseller since its first publication some 200 years ago in the early nineteenth century, the Hokusai
Manga collection of sketches by the ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai bursts with lively caricatures and richly
narrative images that had a huge impact on succeeding generations in Japan, the land of manga. This compact but
complete three-volume set brings together the more than 4,000 line drawings contained in the original fifteen volumes,
reorganized by theme. Here, in concentrated form, is the entire scope of the genius of Hokusai.
Commentary by Seiji Nagata (Ota Memorial Museum of Art)
