Hikers attempting any of Mount Fuji's four main trails will be charged an entry fee of 4,000 yen ($27) from this summer, ...

Yamanashi Prefecture is doubling its ¥2,000 ($14) entry fee for the Yoshida Trail, while Shizuoka Prefecture will charge the ...

The Great Wave off the Coast of Kanagawa', c1829-1831, from the series 36 Views of Mount Fuji. Source: Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images HOKUSAI, directed by Hajime Hashimoto ...

Angus Lockyer describes Katsushika Hokusai's Great Wave. It was produced in the early 1830s as part of a series, Thirty Six Images of Mount Fuji, which actually contained 46 images (because ...

Hikers attempting any of Mount Fuji's four main trails will be charged an entry fee of 4,000 from this summer, after local ...

I n 1831, the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai immortalized a snow-covered Mount Fuji in the background of his famous woodblock print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa.Although the image of the ...

O-Ei is by his side as he completes his iconic "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" series. When Hokusai grew too old to wield his brush freely, O-Ei becomes his "brush" and paints on his behalf.

This best-selling woodblock print was made around 1830 by the great artist Hokusai, as one of his series of 36 views of Mount Fuji. At first sight it presents a beautiful picture of a deep blue ...

OBUSE, Nagano Prefecture--An extremely rare hand-drawn portrait likely by renowned ukiyo-e woodblock artist Katsushika Hokusai that recently came to light has triggered a quest to identify the ...

During the course of the story, Hokusai is stricken by the beauty of Mount Fuji while he is on the road. When the ukiyo-e master comes across the indigo color he has been looking for, he explodes ...