The Intellectual Devotional: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently with the Culture (The Intellectual Devotional Series)

by David S. Kidder

Born into a poor family, Hokusai was adopted by a mirrormaker who taught him how to engrave. At the age of eighteen, Hokusai joined the workshop of Katsukawa Shunsho, an artist renowned for his portraits of actors.