Irises and Grasshopper by Katsushika Hokusai Material:400g Cotton Canvas Landscape perceived through the lens

Landscape perceived through the lens of nineteenth-century geological method

Plate 25 from the Hundred Birds album shows a small bird resting among sparse branch work

These single-celled algae

woodcut-inspired approach to early twentieth century applied design

Drawing since childhood and working outside formal training

Irises and Grasshopper by Katsushika Hokusai Material:400g Cotton Canvas Landscape perceived through the lensIrises and Grasshopper is a bird and flower (kach ga) print by Hokusai, pairing tall, ribboned iris blooms with a single grasshopper caught mid perch. Rendered with the same precise, economical line that defines his landscape work, the print shows Hokusai's range beyond Mount Fuji and the coast an attentive, almost scientific eye turned toward the smaller details of the natural world. The fine detail and precise linework come through with particular