Type “wave” into your smartphone and a Great Wave replica emoji pops up. Not even Mona Lisa has that! The Great Wave has a LEGO set. A Google search for “Hokusai Great Wave” brings back 3.6 million ...

Ephrem Haile, who fled from political strife in Ethiopia in 2005, now feels right at home in Tokyo’s Katsushika Ward. “I’m more closely associated with this town than with Ethiopia now,” Haile said.

Devadatta (Daibadatta), appearance of evil spirits with supernatural arts shows an evildoer who holds sway over a variety of evil spirits. Katsushika Hokusai, 1829 ...

A massive wave threatens to engulf three fishing boats, its foam crown extending like claws, menacing the rowers below. It’s an epic scene of human struggle and ...

Forget watching horror movies on Netflix—here we have something that will make your jaw drop! Welcome to the eerie realm of creepy paintings, where canvases come alive with unsettling tales, haunting ...

Good Smile Company’s next Katsushika Hokusai figure is about to show up. While the actual scale figure won’t be out until sometime in 2022, pre-orders for it are already being teased. On September 16, ...

So you woke up late on the weekend, and need to get out of the city to see some art, but you haven’t had time to plan. No problem: We’ve done the research for you. Here’s our pick for a great ...

IS. HIS NAME IS KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI, A REVERED ARTIST DATING BACK TO THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY, BUT WHOSE WORK IS AS RELEVANT TODAY. AND YOU CAN FIND OUT JUST HOW RELEVANT IF YOU COME VISIT THE NEW ...

Foreigner/Katsushika Hokusai Travel Portrait is a 1/7th scale statue of the character. She’ll be almost 10 inches tall. Instead of her kimono, she is wearing the modern clothing she does in the ...

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Held every year for more than half a century along the Edogawa River, Katsushika's popular fireworks festival is known for the short distance between where the around 15,000 rockets are shot up and ...