An Ode to Hokusai's woodblock print.

Hokusai (1760-1849) lived during the Tokugawa period (1600 to 1867). In a Japan of traditional Confucian values and feudal regimentation, Hokusai was a thoroughly Bohemian artist: cocky, quarrelsome, restless, aggressive, and sensational. As a stubborn artistic genius, he was single-mindedly obsessed with art.