Hokusai

It was 2013, and Dr. Singh was enchanted by Hokusai’s view of the sacred mountain in Japan, central to each image in the artist’s series: sometimes dominant, sometimes in the background, but always present.

Behind him, towering posters advertised the priceless art on display a few stories up: Hokusai’s famous woodblock-printed “Wave,” next to a gigantic image of one of Alexander Calder’s lithe, colorful mobiles.

Years ago, she remounted eight of the artworks in the upcoming Hokusai show.

An exhibit of prints by Hokusai shows how he influenced artists as diverse as the Impressionists and Roy Lichtenstein, The Times’s Jason Farago writes.

A new exhibition of work by Katsushika Hokusai shows how the iconic Japanese printmaker inspired a tidal wave of followers.