Katsushika Hokusai

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Opinion
How Japanese Woodblock Prints Transformed Van Gogh’s Dreams of Utopia

The painter found something much more important than grandeur in ‘ukiyo-e’: the messy realities of everyday life 

BY Darran Anderson |
News
Was Van Gogh Inspired to Paint ‘Starry Night’ after Admiring Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’?

An expert claims that the night sky in Van Gogh’s painting echoes the turbulence of Hokusai’s print

Critic's Guides
Island Nation

After the tsunami: the role of disaster in Japan’s artistic psyche

BY Philip Brophy AND Kyoji Maeda |