British Museum acquires 'lost' drawings of 19th century Japanese artist Hokusai

The black-and-white drawings were composed in 1829, when Hokusai was 70, as illustrations for an unpublished book. Photo: AFP

The British Museum said recently it had acquired 103 "lost" drawings from the 19th century of Japanese artist Hokusai, whose internationally renowned work includes the iconic The Great Wave.

The black-and-white drawings were composed in 1829, when Hokusai was 70, as illustrations for an unpublished book. They resurfaced in Paris in 2019 after they were last publicly recorded at an auction in 1948.