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Hokusai (1760-1849)
Trained as
an engraver, Hokusai also learned to carve woodblocks for prints and studied
under Shunsho. Early works included surimonos and illustrated volumes of verse.
His first "Manga" volume appeared in 1814. After 1820, his great landscapes
were produced, including "Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji". Though living an
unsettled life with many changes of residence and two marriages, Hokusai was
still able to produce a huge number of prints, sketches and paintings -- perhaps
30,000 in all. Characterized as inventive, daring and dexterious, he is regarded
as one of the greatest draftsmen of all time.
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