content/articles/katsushika-hokusai.md

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   2 title: Katsushika Hokusai
   3 author: Danilo M.
   4 type: article
   5 date: 2011-07-27T20:35:16+00:00
   6 excerpt: 'A few images by japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), author of the famous series of 36 pictures portraying Mt. Fuji '
   7 featured_image: /uploads/2011/07/The-Great-Wave-Off-Kanagawa-1823-large.jpg
   8 categories:
   9   - art
  10   - blogging
  11 tags:
  12   - great wave
  13   - hokusai
  14   - katsushika
  15   - mt fuji
  16   - paintings
  17 format: gallery
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  20 I just wanted to share a few images by one of my favourite artists with you.
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  23 **Katsushika Hokusai** (葛飾北斎, Katsushika Hokusai 1760–May 10, 1849) 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. Born in Edo (now Tokyo), Hokusai is best-known as author of the woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (c. 1831) which includes the iconic and internationally recognized print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, created during the 1820s. Hokusai created the "Thirty-Six Views" both as a response to a domestic travel boom and as part of a personal obsession with Mount Fuji. It was this series, specifically The Great Wave print and Fuji in Clear Weather, that secured Hokusai’s fame both within Japan and overseas. As historian Richard Lane concludes, “Indeed, if there is one work that made Hokusai&'s name, both in Japan and abroad, it must be this monumental print-series...” While Hokusai&'s work prior to this series is certainly important, it was not until this series that he gained broad recognition and left a lasting impact on the art world. It was The Great Wave print that initially received, and continues to receive, acclaim and popularity in the Western world.
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  26 Enjoy.
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  28 {{< gallery >}}
  29   {{< img src="/uploads/2011/07/Boy-on-Mount-Fuji-large.jpg" alt="Boy on Mount Fuji" >}}
  30   {{< img src="/uploads/2011/07/Choshi-in-Shimosa-Province-Soshu-Choshi-large.jpg" alt="Choshi in Shimosa Province" >}}
  31   {{< img src="/uploads/2011/07/Hibiscus-and-Sparrow-large.jpg" alt="Hibiscus and Sparrow" >}}
  32   {{< img src="/uploads/2011/07/Mt.-Fuji-in-the-Sunset-large.jpg" alt="Mt. Fuji in the Sunset" >}}
  33   {{< img src="/uploads/2011/07/Yoro-Waterfall-in-Mino-Province-Mino-no-kuni-Yoro-no-taki-large.jpg" alt="Yoro Waterfall in Mino Province Mino no kuni Yoro no taki" >}}
  34   {{< img src="/uploads/2011/07/White-Shell-Shiragai-large.jpg" alt="White Shell Shiragai" >}}
  35   {{< img src="/uploads/2011/07/Waterfall-where-Yoshitsune-Washed-his-Horse-at-Yoshino-in-Yamato-Province-Washu-Yoshino-Yoshitsune-uma-arai-no-taki-large.jpg" alt="Waterfall where Yoshitsune Washed his Horse at Yoshino in Yamato Province Washu Yoshino Yoshitsune uma arai no taki" >}}
  36   {{< img src="/uploads/2011/07/The-Great-Wave-Off-Kanagawa-1823-large.jpg" alt="The Great Wave Off Kanagawa" >}}
  37   {{< img src="/uploads/2011/07/The-dragon-on-Smoke-Escaping-from-Mt-Fuji-large.jpg" alt="The dragon on Smoke Escaping from Mt Fuji" >}}
  38   {{< img src="/uploads/2011/07/Surimono-Totsuka-large.jpg" alt="Surimono Totsuka" >}}
  39   {{< img src="/uploads/2011/07/South-Wind-at-Clear-Dawn-Gaifu-kaisei-large.jpg" alt="South Wind at Clear Dawn Gaifu kaisei" >}}
  40   {{< img src="/uploads/2011/07/Shower-Below-the-Summit-Sanka-hakuu-large.jpg" alt="Shower Below the Summit Sanka hakuu" >}}
  41   {{< img src="/uploads/2011/07/Plum-Blossom-and-the-Moon-large.jpg" alt="Plum Blossom and the Moon" >}}
  42 {{< /gallery >}}
  43
  44 I hope you liked them. I'll see you on the next one.