A series of ukiyo-e woodblock prints by the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai, published beginning around 1831, depicting Mount Fuji from varying locations and seasons. The series, which includes The Great Wave off Kanagawa as its best-known print, is one of the most influential bodies of work in Japanese printmaking and shaped the later Impressionist and Art Nouveau movements in Europe.
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A series of ukiyo-e woodblock prints by the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai, published beginning around 1831, depicting Mount Fuji from varying locations and seasons.
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- In Form: Printmaking
- Created By: Hokusai
- In Movement: Ukiyo-e
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