Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence

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The great painter, book illustrator and print designer Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) has become the best known of all Japanese artists and one of the most famous and influential artists in the world. He was a key figure for the Japonisme movement in late nineteenth-century Europe, and his iconic images―especially the color woodblock print nicknamed “The Great Wave”―are frequently referred to in present-day art in both serious and frivolous forms, from sculpture, printmaking and painting to anime and…