Katsushika Hokusai lived in Japan from 1760-1849. In a time when Western contact was strictly forbidden for the Japanese, Hokusai found and studied smuggled European copper plate engravings. He used the Western methods of shading, coloring, realism, and landscape perspective in his art. He was obsessed with art, and left over 30,000 works in the form of paintings, woodblock prints, sketches and more. This is probably his most famous.
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I love his work. What do you think of it?
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When I was growing up, we had a lot of exchange students from Japan, and they would always bring the most beautiful artwork!
Thanks for the memories!
I like it!
oh my becca, i have fallen in love. i saw it, didn’t even read the post at first and knew i loved it. i need a print
Thank you for introducing this artist. Amazing that man feels a need to create even when he is hampered. Very beautiful work.