53 page Hokusai Art Calendar 2021. You get a week per page. There is enough space on each page to record your priorities and things to do. The calendar can be used as a weekly planner. An ideal gift for everyone who likes Japanese Art. The planner comes in a large format. Please have a look inside! The cover features one of Hokusai's famous work - Great Wave off Kanagawa. Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎, c. 31 October 1760 - 10 May 1849), known simply as Hokusai, was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. Born in Edo (now Tokyo), Hokusai is best known as author of the woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji which includes the internationally iconic print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa.Hokusai created the monumental Thirty-Six Views both as a response to a domestic travel boom and as part of a personal obsession with Mount Fuji. It was this series, specifically The Great Wave print and Fine Wind, Clear Morning, that secured Hokusai's fame both in Japan and overseas. While Hokusai's work prior to this series is certainly important, it was not until this series that he gained broad recognition.