100 Great Artists

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1849

KATSU SHlKA HOKUSAI

B()rn in HonjJ,

Ed" (Toryo), "'''"f

a mirror p()/;sb.r

L,,,m't;.'oodhJod:

can-ing

Stud,,, Il1Id "",h-

in ",U/iG of

Kalru1;m;:a

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1.,a'~T Knrrub":a

r1Iuli. "fur d.",b

"iShWIJIM,

comi"n" rrtllJying

and ullming

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/<""ng ,.,,' and

"""t/augb'=

Marn" =ood

"'if,

SUlrtT landrca",

painting

i"Natb"1 <Ill", ,,'"

B'gim publi'hing

l lokus;; ,\ lang;

C"a"Tand

pubJidm"!nc

Thinr-Six \r,cws

of ,\1()unt Fuji

l"Natb of =(}I/d

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PuNJ,b" J()urn<1'

to the \ \\ucrElDs

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The Poetess On<> no KottUchi «.IS10)

Th< ~1IfT """'''p'l1Iying uli}""..-c prinn Ul}u

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1-"" On" "" Mmacbj,;:jrb '"" a/bn p""m,

qlMJudt:.vrdfor'w(Jro. Th./m=</b<r nil"" aT<

ill", in ,b, ,,",/ilUT if b<r f'K"'"< arid ,b, Jrr«1l

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ok",,,; ,,-,,; r<Sl'on>.iblc ~" •

I'hL"nu",<nal 30 ,(((1 worb of art. lIe

lin,l for nothing clse and "' .... dri,'''''

'0 perfe", his s'rle ",i,h c,,:ry nCw undt:mtl.ing.

Ik,w""n the agcs of sixtr·~'ur and "''':nl}'"t''''

he had. burst of <Tc:tti"it), ,h .. r/Sulted in

se,,,,,1 m'ior series of woo<lbiod prints,

indu<~ng 711, 711rr-ry.Sir Vi",:, a/Mot"" Puji.

As a }u"h, Ilokus.i ","lS on • COfl'Un' 'lu/St

for his artistic nichc. After. rd.ti,'elr long

p<Ti,.1 under Katsub" .. Shun40, hc lef, tho::

stu<~o ~,lIo",ing 'hc ma"cr's duth.nd _ Cl'cr

curious _ im""iga,,,1 wh., ",ht,. sehwls h,d n,

offer. I n the P"'ttSS, hc <:-.1ml: a"'-OSS cxamples of

"t di'pl'ring • <~"in'" ",/Stem inAu""<"t: that

h.d origin.llr filtc",d ,hmugh ,i. the Dutch

'rJ<ling I_"t in N,psal.i.

"Ii, al,,,,:cia'c thc impa'" of such infiutntt, it

is nett""rr to ",mcmber tha, J'p'n underwm'

• poli"J' of N,tion.1 Sedusiofl fi-,. " 1639 to
  18504. Foreign ,ndt " .... sttiedr limit"l'nd the
  J'p'ncse ,hcmsel,'/S forbidden to ",\,el • broad.
  The pietu",s d",i,'cd f""" Europc:tn
  ""gr"'ings in'l"r"lllokus:t i fin.lI)" to be",,,,,,.
  bndsc:tpiSt a' the .ge ofthinr-<:igh,. I lc 1l<"g1n
  w,,..l .f""h, c>:ptTim""'ing with we"ern
  pe"p"",i,,,, m.king <T"Hess oh.en,.,iofls; the
  ""'uing work w"'" intt' twch'c ,-ohll"/S of the
  Iiolus:ti ,\Ianp (sl<1l:hbwLsj publi4o::<1 in 1814.
  lI u, it waS the uJrrya., 'pietur/S of the
  Ao1ting w(,..ld· th., mode ,he rCl'","", journer
  in 'he b'e nine'tt",h <"<-"fl'urr to "'ml~etI: •
  cirde of inAuentts .nd """.1 '0 • (k:ligh'c<1
  Eur'~le the glo.-i/S of the J'p1n/S" p.-inL