Only four of the prints are shown here – a samurai attacking an oni - - an oni looking down on some women - - a diptych of a series of sketches of buildings - - and a wonderful drawing of the mythical figures Jittoku and Kenzan. It includes a number if various subjects including nature, sumo wrestlers, landscapes, seascapes, birds, flowers, etc.

Katsushika Hokusai, October or November 1760–May 10, 1849, was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and print-maker of the Edo period. In his time, he was Japan's leading expert on Chinese painting. The Hokusai Manga ("Hokusai's Sketches") is a collection of sketches of various subjects by the Japanese artist Hokusai. Subjects of the sketches include landscapes, flora and fauna, everyday life and the supernatural. The word manga in the title does not refer to the contemporary story-telling manga, as the sketches in the work are not connected to each other. Block-printed in three colours (black, gray and pale flesh), the Manga comprise literally thousands of images in 15 volumes, the first published in 1814, when the artist was 55.