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This page is designed to serve as an introduction to Hokusai and the Great Wave Print (woodblock).

For further readings on Hokusai, see the works cited list below.

For further information online on Hokusai, see the Wikipedia article (much of which I wrote), at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokusai

Thanks to www.artyzm.com for permission to use images.

Last Update: January 2007

Author:

Jordan Walerstein

Washington University in St. Louis/Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies

Works Cited

Forrer, Matthi. "Hokusai: Prints and Drawings." Prestel-Verlag, Munich, 1991.

Hillier, J. "Hokusai: Paintings, Drawings, and Woodcuts." E.P. Dutton, NY, 1978

Lane, Richard. "Hokusai: Life and Work." E.P. Dutton, NY, 1989.

Nagata, Seiji. Trans. Bester, John. "Hokusai: Genius of the Japanese Ukiyo-e." Kodansha International, Tokyo, 1999

Smith, Henry D. II. "Hokusai: One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji." George Braziller, Inc., Publishers, NY, 1988.

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