Hokusai

beyond the Great Wave

Timothy Clark

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Thames & Hudson
01 October 2025

Art & Architecture; Oriental art; Individual artists, art monographs

An important publication on Hokusai's remarkable late work, originally published to accompany the acclaimed retrospective at the British Museum and now available in a compact edition.

Hokusai (1760-1849) created sublime works during the last thirty years of his life, right up to his death at the age of almost ninety. This book presents fresh scholarship on the paintings and prints created by the artist during his final three decades, bringing together the finest examples to be found in Japan and around the world.

Hokusai's personal beliefs are studied here through major brush paintings, drawings, woodblock prints and illustrated books. This publication gives due attention to the contribution of Hokusai's daughter Eijo (Oi), an accomplished artist in her own right. Hokusai continually explored the mutability and minutiae of natural phenomena in his art. His late subjects and styles were based on a mastery of eclectic Japanese, Chinese and European techniques and an encyclopedic knowledge of nature, myth and history. The collection of Hokusai's works draws on the finest to be found in Japan and around the world, making this a uniquely valuable overview of the artist's late career.

Edited by: Timothy Clark
Imprint: Thames & Hudson
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 252mm, Width: 225mm,
Weight: 1.920kg
ISBN: 9780500481189
ISBN 10: 0500481180
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 01 October 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Timothy Clark is Head of the Japanese Section in the Department of Asia at the British Museum. Roger Keyes was a leading Hokusai scholar.