Author Audrey Niffenegger explores the life of the Japanese painter, Hokusai - creator of the 'Great Wave'. From 2012.
Author Audrey Niffenegger catches Hokusai's 'Great Wave' to trace the ripple effect of the self-proclaimed 'Old Man Mad About Painting'.
Hokusai was frenetic, eccentric and possessed by his talent.
200-years after his earliest successes, his words and images have caught the imagination of a new generation of artists and thinkers.
Producer: Victoria McArthur
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2012.
