Hokusai. manga, series, engravings. Solodovnikova O.N.

Today, the name of the Japanese artist Katsusik Hokusay is probably known all over the world. Hokusai is one of the leading masters of color engraving on the tree of the Edo period (Tokugawa 1603–1868) and one of the most famous artists of Japan. He is well known in Europe, Russia, they write a lot about it, explore and study his works, regularly conduct exhibitions of his works in different countries, and documentary films are shot about his work.

Hokusai was one of those masters with whom the discovery of Japanese art began as an independent art world, one of the first to become known in the West. Hokusai's legacy is huge. He lived a long life, almost 90 years, and during this time he created a huge number of works. This is an easel engraving, and book illustrations, picturesque scrolls and screens, monumental paintings. To date, there are about thirty thousand units of his work.

Each new researcher and a new era open in his art still unknown before, other, consonant with their time of creativity. This mini-album, equipped with a large number of colorful illustrations, tells about the life and work of the great Japanese artist and introduces his works.