Hokusai: References & Edit History

J.R. Hillier, Hokusai: Paintings, Drawings, and Woodcuts (1955), the best general appreciation of Hokusai in English, though the biographical material is based on outdated sources—includes a detailed listing of his illustrated books; James A. Michener (ed.), The Hokusai Sketchbooks: Selections from the Manga, with translations by Richard Lane (1958), a comprehensive sampling of the Hokusai manga, with commentary, and translation of all prefaces; Theodore R. Bowie, The Drawings of Hokusai (1964), a pioneer study, but flawed by being based largely on forgeries and school copies; Richard Lane, Masters of the Japanese Print (1962), includes a critical survey of Hokusai’s work and times, based on original sources.

Prints and illustrations. “Festivals of the Green Houses” (c. 1790); “Festivals for the Twelve Months” (c. 1790); “Foreigners Observing Japanese Customs” (1796); Chūshingura series (I) (c. 1800); “Brocade Prints of the Thirty-six Poetesses” (1801); “Fifty Fanciful Poets, Each with One Poem” (1802); “Fuji in Spring” (1803); “A Picture Book of Kyōka” (1803–04); “Fifty-three Stations on the Tōkaidō” (1804); Chūshingura series (II) (1806); Suikoden (1807); “Portraits of Six Poets” (c. 1810); “Quick Lessons in Simplified Drawing” (1812); Hokusai manga, vol. 1 (1814); Hokusai gashiki (1819); Hokusai sōga (1820); “Paintings with One Stroke of the Brush” (1823); “Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji” (c. 1826–33); “Views of Famous Bridges” (c. 1827–30); “Snow, Moon, and Flowers” (c. 1827–30); “Flowers and Birds” (c. 1827–30); “The Poems of China and Japan Mirrored to Life” (c. 1828–33); “Tōshi-sen” (1833–36); “Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji” (1834–35); “Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse” (c. 1845).