Hokusai: The End of an Era

Hokusai died in 1849, just four years before the opening of Japanese ports to the West dramatically altered Japanese culture. See how Hokusai’s art perspicaciously hinted of things to come, including a fascination with technology, curiosity about the outside world, and growing sense of Japan as a nation.

Sarah Thompson, assistant curator, Japanese Prints; curator, “Hokusai”