Katsushika Hokusai: Dissertation Chapters

Chapter 1: The Artist's Life

This chapter describes the great artist Hokusai(Hashimoto Cordaro, 2008). It is like his bibliography giving details about his birthplace, which was Honjo quarter, year of birth, his family background, family name, the age at which he began the step of an artist career and how he progressed in growing as an artist(Chance, 2006).

Chapter 2: The Mangwa

The chapter describes his most famous work, an encyclopedia of Japanese life known as Hokusai Mangwa(Bell, 2014). It gives a history of the Mango that is what it is composed of, the origin of its name, who it came to being, the definite dates on which Mangwa was started and many more details(Baldinger, Kondo, Blum, & Terry, 1956).

Chapter 3: The Views of Mount Fuji

It talks about Mount Fuji which was an impressive peak that dominated the entire empire and for centuries, it was recognized as a personification of Japan's guardian spirit( Davidson, 2006). The legend behind it is told(Coaldrake, Hokusai, & Smith, 1989).

Chapter 4: Other Prints and Books

It outlines the various color prints that were produced by Hokusai other than the grand 'Views of Mount Fuji"( Hokusai," 2011). Among them were many sets of the admirable landscape(Naito, 2003). It is about the work produced by Hokusai and making a complete catalog would be daunting(MARUYAMA, 2007).

Chapter 5: Surimono

In the color prints made by Hokusai, an outstanding one is "Surimono,' and it will always have an extraordinary charm for those who are conversant with it(Scharfenberger et al., 1956). It explains the reasons why they were made, how they were used and the occasions in which they were made such new year or the birth of a son(Scharfenberger et al., 1956).

Chapter 6: Hokusa's Paintings

This chapter explains the work the painting of Hokusai(Stern, 1960). He was trained to paint since he was a boy and all he required was a perfect idea book he held a brush in his hand (Yglesias, 1995). The quality of his has been defined and some of the critiques he got(Yoshimoto et al., 2010).

Chapter 7: The Artist and the Man

It explains the artist and the man. A symbol exposes the secret of the entire thing that the artist himself attache to his residence (Zausner, n.d).

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