Katsushika Hokusai
Under the Wave off Kanagawa (The Great Wave)
1825–1838
A verified collection highlight at Art Institute of Chicago: Katsushika Hokusai, 1825–1838. Woodblock print.
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Katsushika Hokusai
b. 1760, Edo (Tokyo), Japan · Based in Edo, Japan (d. 1849)
- Katsukawa Shunsho Studio
- Ukiyo-e Woodblock Prints
- Nihonga Painting
- Manga Drawing
Katsushika Hokusai was the supreme master of Japanese Ukiyo-e woodblock printing and Nihonga painting, creator of Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji and The Great Wave off Kanagawa which transformed Western Modernism.
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