British Museum Acquires Over 100 Rarely Seen Hokusai Drawings

Japanese painter and printmaker Katsushika Hokusai, best known for his iconic The Great Wave print, created small-scale drawings for an unpublished book titled Great Picture Book of Everything in 1829. The British Museum in London has now acquired 103 of these works, which were held in a private collection in France for more than 70 years before resurfacing just last year. These detailed drawings depict scenes from history, mythology, literature, religion and the natural world, while shedding li...