The dynamic beauty was inspired by Japanese ukiyo-e painter Katsushika Hokusai?s [1760-1849] ?36 Views of Mount Fuji? series. Translated as ?floating world?, ukiyo-e woodblock prints?a collaboration of artist, publisher, carver and printer?first drew upon the hedonistic urban pleasures found in the courtesan quarter of Edo [now Tokyo], later evolving, through Hokusai?s powerful work, into lyrical scenes of nature that influenced landscape painting throughout the world. Limited edition.