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Katsushika
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Katsushika Hokusai
(
葛飾 北?
?
, October or November 1760 ? May 10, 1849)
[1]
was a
Japanese
artist
,
ukiyo-e
painter
and
printmaker
of the
Edo period
. In his time, he was Japan's leading expert on
Chinese painting
.
[2]
Born in
Edo
(now
Tokyo
), Hokusai is best-known as author of the
woodblock print
series
Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
(
富嶽三十六景
,
Fugaku Sanj?roku-kei
?
, c. 1831)
which includes the internationally recognized print,
The Great Wave off Kanagawa
, created during the 1820s.