Kirifuri Waterfall Hokusai Japanese Fine Art Postcard

Kirifuri Waterfall at Mt. Kurokami In Shimotsuke Province, Hokusai Katsushika. Colour woodblock print, 36.5 x 24.2 cm From the Series A Journey to the Waterfalls of All the Provinces. Katsushika Hokusai (October or November 1760–May 10, 1849 was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. In his time, he was Japan's leading expert on Chinese painting. Born in Edo (now Tokyo), Hokusai is best-known as author of the woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, c. 1831, which includes the iconic and internationally recognized print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, created during the 1820s.