Katsushika Hokusai

1760 - 1849

Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period, Japan's leading expert on Chinese painting. Hokusai is best-known as author of the woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (c. 1831), created the both as a response to a domestic travel boom and as part of a personal fascination with Mount Fuji. His work has influenced many European artists, mainly Gauguin, Van Gogh and Claude Monet,and the 'Japonisme' mouvement.

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Image dimensions

5 1/4'' x 7 1/4''

Image dimensions

5 1/4'' x 7 1/4''

Image dimensions

5 1/4'' x 7 1/4''

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Image dimensions

5 1/4'' x 7 1/4''

Image dimensions

5 1/4'' x 7 1/4''

Image dimensions

5 1/4'' x 7 1/4''