Umezawa manor in Soshu by Katsushika, Hokusai Ukiy ポスター

Umezawa manor in Soshu By Katsushika, Hokusai. Soshu umezawa zai Print shows cranes on the ground and in flight with Mount Fuji in the background. Japanese painter and wood engraver, born in Edo (now Tokyo). He is considered one of the outstanding figures of the Ukiyoe, or "pictures of the floating world" (everyday life), school of printmaking. Hokusai is generally more appreciated in the West than in Japan. His prints, as well as those by other Japanese printmakers, were imported to Paris in the mid 19th century