Hokusai

[ hoh-kuh-sahy, hoh-kuh-sahy; Japanese haw-koo-sahy ]

/ ˈhoʊ kəˌsaɪ, ˌhoʊ kəˈsaɪ; Japanese ˈhɔ kʊˈsaɪ /

noun

Ka·tsu·shi·ka

[kah-tsoo-shee-kah] /ˈkɑ tsʊˈʃi kɑ/,1760–1849, Japanese painter and illustrator.

Example sentences from the Web for hokusai

Both as a draughtsman and as a humorist Keene stands with the greatest of the century, on the same level as Daumier and Hokusai.

The History of Modern Painting, Volume 2 (of 4) |Richard Muther
Hokusai is known to have visited Osaka in 1818; and possibly it was his influence that encouraged the movement.

Chats on Japanese Prints |Arthur Davison Ficke
He is not to be confused with Yanagawa Shigenobu, Hokusai's pupil.

Chats on Japanese Prints |Arthur Davison Ficke
Yanagawa Shigenobu, the son-in-law of Hokusai, copied his master closely; some of his work has great charm.

Chats on Japanese Prints |Arthur Davison Ficke

What is meant is easily grasped when we set before the mind's eye a picture, by Teniers and a page of Hokusai's "Mangwa."

Albert Durer |T. Sturge Moore

British Dictionary definitions for hokusai

Hokusai

/ (ˈhəʊkʊˌsaɪ, ˌhəʊkʊˈsaɪ) /

noun

Katsushika (ˌkætsuːˈʃiːkə). 1760–1849, Japanese artist, noted for the draughtsmanship of his colour wood-block prints, which influenced the impressionists

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Hokusai

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