British Museum Acquires 103 Recently Resurfaced, Rarely Seen Hokusai Drawings

The British Museum in London, which reopened to the public on August 27, has added 103 recently uncovered drawings by the Japanese painter and printmaker Katsushika Hokusai to its collection. The works, which resurfaced for the first time since 1948 in Paris last year, were created in 1829 for an unpublished book titled Great Picture Book of Everything.
The small-scale works were previously owned by Art Nouveau jeweler Henri Vever, and the museum said in a release that they had been held in a pr