Laura Gascoigne

These rediscovered drawings by Hokusai are extraordinary

They show Japan's most famous artist was a master of the freeze-frame – and a father of photography and modern animation

Master of the freeze-frame: ‘India, river of quicksand. The wind forms waves in the sand’ by Katsushika Hokusai, 1829. Credit: © The Trustees of the British Museum 
issue 13 February 2021
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