Ukiyo-e paintings are incredibly detailed yet at the same time fluid and three-dimensional. Katsushika Hokusai was the penultimate master of this style. Hosukai is best known for his woodblock print series called “Thirty-Six View of Mount Fuji” which includes one of my favorite prints “The Great Wave off Kanagawa”.
Below are some of the images from his series Fugaku sanjurokkei (The thirty-six views of Mount Fuji) for your inspiration. All images are courtesy of centralasian, rzrxtion. Please visit their flickr pages and show some love =)
Katsushika Hokusai – Gohyaku Rakanji Sazaido (Sazai Hall of the Five-hundred Rakan Temple)
Katsushika Hokusai – Bushu Tamagawa (The Tama River in Musashi province)
Katsushika Hokusai – Tenchi tenno (Emperor Tenchi), from the series Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki (The one hundred poems by one hundred poets as told by the nurse)
Katsushika Hokusai – Tokaido Ejiri Tago no ura ryakuzu (Abridged view of the coast of Tago near Ejiri on the Tokaido)
36 Views of Mount Fuji: Back of a Wave on the Open Sea off Kanagawa
Katsushika Hokusai – Onden no suisha (Waterwheel at Onden)
Katsushika Hokusai – Sumidagawa Sekiya no sato (Sekiya village by the Sumida River)