Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period, influenced by painters as Sesshu and other styles of Chinese painting, Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) is best known as author of the woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, created both as a response to a domestic travel boom and as part of a personal obsession with Mount Fuji. The series depicts Mount Fuji from different locations and in various seasons and weather conditions.
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