New Hokusai Museum Showcases Japan’s Most Celebrated Artist

Fugaku sanjūrokkei: Sanka hakuu (Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji: Rainstorm Beneath the Summit) by Katsushika Hokusai. From the Sumida Hokusai Museum collection. The lightning in the bottom right inspired the museum’s logo.

Sejima Kazuyo’s design for the museum. Photograph courtesy of Sumida Hokusai Museum.

Hokusai’s daughter Oei watches him work.

The permanent exhibition. Photograph courtesy of Sumida Hokusai Museum.

Visitors can explore Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji and other series using the touch panels.

Detail showing the area near Ryōgoku Bridge from Sumidagawa ryōgan keshiki zukan (Scroll Painting of Scenery on Both Banks of the Sumida River) by Katsushika Hokusai. From the Sumida Hokusai Museum collection.

Detail showing a room in the courtesan district of Yoshiwara from Sumidagawa ryōgan keshiki zukan (Scroll Painting of Scenery on Both Banks of the Sumida River) by Katsushika Hokusai. From the Sumida Hokusai Museum collection.

Portrait of Hokusai by Keisai Eisen. From the Sumida Hokusai Museum collection.