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Hokusai, Katsushika (1760-1849)

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Name
Hokusai, Katsushika (1760-1849)
Nationality
Japanese
Biography
Katsushika Hokusai (b. 1760 d. 1849), better known as simply Hokusai, was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period. He was a painter and a printmaker. He is best known for the woodblock print series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, this series features the iconic print The Great Wave off Kanagawa. Hokusai is widely recognised as one of Japan's greatest artists, as he modernised traditional print styles through his innovations in subject and composition. His work celebrates the unification of Japan as a nation, alongside the diversity of landscapes.
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Assets (770 in total)

'Under the wave of Kanagawa', or 'The great Wave' from the series '36 Views of Mt.Fuji',c.1830-31 (woodblock print)
The Great Wave off Kanagawa, 1831 (colour woodblock print)
Under the wave of Kanagawa', or 'The great Wave' from the series '36 Views of Mt.Fuji',c.1830-31 (woodblock print)
Kirifura Fall in Kurokawa Mountain', from the series 'A Journey to the Waterfalls of All the Provinces' ('Shokoku taki meguri') pub.by Nishimura Eijudo, c.1832 (hand-coloured woodblock print)
Pink and Red Peonies Blown to the Left in a Breeze and a Butterfly (woodblock print)
'Fuji in Clear Weather', 19th century (woodblock print)
Under the wave of Kanagawa', or 'The great Wave' from the series '36 Views of Mt.Fuji',c.1830-31 (woodblock print)
A Wild Sea at Choshi, illustration from 'One Thousand Pictures of the Ocean' 1832-34 (colour woodblock print)
Waves and Birds, c.1825 (colour woodblock print)
Saramaru Dayu, from the series '100 Poems by 100 Poets Explained by a Nurse', c.1835 (woodblock print)
Under the wave of Kanagawa', or 'The great Wave' from the series '36 Views of Mt.Fuji',c.1830-31 (woodblock print)
Chrysanthemums (colour woodblock print)
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