Katsushika Ōi was a Japanese artist who lived and worked in the early to mid-nineteenth century. The images below were generated as a creative exercise using ChatGPT on May 3rd, 2026. Figure 1. The Teahouse. The Teahouse originated with a rather realistic depiction of a teahouse in 19th century Japan, based upon a prompt developed in my SERI project. Using this image, I instructed ChatGPT to gradually change from a more realistic illustration to the Ukiyo-E style, and to over
