Film: Miss Hokusai

Miss Hokusai movie poster

Katsushika Hokusai (1760 - 1849) is better known for his ukyio-e work, the japanese woodblock printing technique. One of his best known works is The Great Wave off Kanegawa.

Katsushika Hokusai, The Great Wave off Kanegawa (from The Thirty Six Views of Mount Fuji series), 1826 - 1833.

His work is regarded has one of the major influences on western art from the 19th century's second half  - such as Impressionism and Art Noveau - being collected by several renown artists of that period.

In this animation movie directed by Keiichi Hara, launched in 2015, the life of Hokusai is told as seen by the eyes of his daughter, herself an artist, overshadowed by her father.