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The Floating World of Hokusai

Author Audrey Niffenegger explores the life of the Japanese painter, Hokusai - creator of the 'Great Wave'. From 2012.

Author Audrey Niffenegger catches Hokusai's 'Great Wave' to trace the ripple effect of the self-proclaimed 'Old Man Mad About Painting'.

Hokusai was frenetic, eccentric and possessed by his talent.

200-years after his earliest successes, his words and images have caught the imagination of a new generation of artists and thinkers.

Producer: Victoria McArthur

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2012.

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 20 May 202500:30
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