Decorate your coffee table with glass drink coasters by the Japanese Artist Hokusai including The Wave, Mount Fuji and two floral paintings. Each drink coaster shows a different painting. The stunning natural designs by Hokusai will add a pop of color to your table setting. PN CS16HOK. Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) Hokusai belongs to the best-known, most innovative, and, with 30,0000 designes, the most productive ukyio-e artists. At a young age he learnt the basics of wood Block cutting. At the age of 19 he got a job at the renowned Latsukawa Shunsko studios. After 13 years the determined Hokusai left the studios following an argument. Travelling about restlessly, he changes his artist name many times.