Hidden Treasures: Japan Should Show Off its “Ukiyo-e” Classics

The Great Wave off Kanagawa (above) and Shower Below the Summit from Katsushika Hokusai’s Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, both in the private collection of Uragami Mitsuru.

Ukiyo-e collector and expert Uragami Mitsuru.

The woodblock prints of Hokusai, including the sketchbooks known as Hokusai manga, shown here, had a major impact on the Impressionist painters.

Uragami with a sampling from his Hokusai manga collection.