Ukiyo-e artist Hokusai is known to have used over thirty different art names during his seventy years of work. The chronological overview herein has been organized according to seven major periods including the time of Hokusai's apprenticeship for the Katsukawa School.
CHILDHOOD 1760 - 1778 SHUNRO Period 1779 - 1794 SORI STYLE Period ca. 1795 - 1804 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI Period ca. 1805 - 1810 TAITO Period 1810 - 1820 IITSU Period 1820 - 1833 MANJI Period 1834 - 1849