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

Madrid reveals a city that has been deliberately shaped over centuries

Drawing since childhood and working outside formal training

preserving the delicate linework and tonal nuance of the original

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