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[[Image:神奈川沖浪裏.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Hokusai's most famous work, ''Under the Wave at Kanagawa'', from his series "[[36 Views of Mt. Fuji]]."]]
*''Born: [[1760]]/9''
*''Born: [[1760]]/9''
*''Died: [[1849]]/4/18''
*''Died: [[1849]]/4/18''
==As an Independent Artist==
==As an Independent Artist==
[[Image:Daruma and Courtesan Hokusai.jpg|right|thumb|200px|A ''[[mitate|mitate-e]]'' [[hanging scroll]] ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' painting by Hokusai, depicting a [[courtesan]] accompanied by [[Daruma]].]]
Hokusai left the Katsukawa school in [[1793]], at the age of 33, expelled according to some accounts. This came shortly after the death of both his master Katsukawa Shunshô, and his own young wife, who left him with a son and two daughters. Taking the name Sôri, he continued to produce works in his own personal style, in a variety of formats (single sheets, books, ''surimono'', etc.) and themes. It is said that his "strikingly individual style [of depictions of] frail, wistful female figure[s]"<ref>Lane. ''Images from the Floating World''. p162.</ref> emerged at this time, and would have cemented his legacy as a first-rate figure artist, had he not gone on to do so much more over the course of his nearly 90 years of life.
Hokusai left the Katsukawa school in [[1793]], at the age of 33, expelled according to some accounts. This came shortly after the death of both his master Katsukawa Shunshô, and his own young wife, who left him with a son and two daughters. Taking the name Sôri, he continued to produce works in his own personal style, in a variety of formats (single sheets, books, ''surimono'', etc.) and themes. It is said that his "strikingly individual style [of depictions of] frail, wistful female figure[s]"<ref>Lane. ''Images from the Floating World''. p162.</ref> emerged at this time, and would have cemented his legacy as a first-rate figure artist, had he not gone on to do so much more over the course of his nearly 90 years of life.