The dancer said he was so struck by "Hokusai Manga" that he imitated some of the poses of people featured in the collection of sketches. During the course of the story, Hokusai is stricken by the ...

The portrait apparently was executed by Hokusai in his early 40s, based on kanji characters that state it was done in 1803 in the Japanese imperial era. Only a few original portraits drawn by ...