As part of the “Manga Hokusai Manga,” exhibit we also have a section that features work by local artists who have been influenced or inspired by Japanese comics books and art.

Fresh from Honolulu, the “Manga Hokusai Manga” exhibit is now on Guam at the Guam Museum through September and until Nov. 15.

Hokusai’s first great career success came 20 years prior with a series of instructional drawing picture books known in Japan as Hokusai manga. That translates as “Hokusai sketchbooks.” ...

“Hokusai Manga (sketches for a Sudden Gust of Wind)” (1814-1878) Manga were compilations of artists’ sketches. They were intended as a practical and spiritual lexicon, books of drawings for ...

Hokusai manga by Katsushika Hokusai, 1814-78 Freer Gallery of Art “His last decade was where he was actually his most prolific,” the curator says. “He made 32 paintings alone when he was 88 ...

Hokusai is considered by many to be an early predecessor of manga, the wildly popular graphic novels of Japan, for his “Hokusai Manga,” a collection of sketches first published in 1814. It’s ...

Hokusai Manga is widely regarded as the start of manga culture in Japan, and its wood-cut depictions of people, animals, plants and ghosts are seen as shining artistic examples.

Among the many featured works are Hokusai manga, his often humorous renderings of everyday life in Japan. The museum is home to the world’s largest collection of Hokusai’s paintings, sketches, and ...

Hokusai’s prints didn’t find their way to the West until after the artist’s death in 1849. During his lifetime Japan was still subject to sakoku, the longstanding policy that forbade ...

Beyond the Great Wave is a rare opportunity for visitors to see Katsushika Hokusai's later work, particularly his paintings. Many have never been exhibited before in the UK, and some pieces cannot ...

Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence Through July 16, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston; 617-267-9300; mfa.org. The show will travel to the Seattle Art Museum from Oct. 19 ...