The Great Wave

Katsushika Hokusai, known simply as #Hokusai, was a Japanese painter and printmaker born in 1760. His career spans decades of artistic evolution, culminating in his most famous work, "The Great Wave off Kanagawa," part of the series "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji.

Hokusai's reflection on his progress at different ages illustrates lifelong learning as a master craftsman. The Wave, his greatest work (and innovation) didn’t occur until the end of his career.

All I have done before the age of seventy...