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| HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA |
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HOKUSAI or HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Japanese painter, draughtsman, and wood engraver. Born in Yedo 1760 and died May 10, 1849. After studying wood engraving and the design of color prints, he became in 1778 an industrial artist and teacher of drawing. His own drawings, which numbered more than 30,000, and color prints were of a notably high standard. Though never regarded by his countrymen as an artist of first rank, Western connoisseurs have eagerly sought examples of his work. Between 1812 and 1836 were published the 15 volumes of his famous Mangwa, an album of "Ten Thousand Sketches" of Japanese life; in 1835 he published Fugaku Hyakukei (A Hundred Views of Mount Fuji). Other productions included the series of color prints entitled Views of Famous Bridges; Waterfalls; and Views of the Lu-Chu Islands.