(born Oct. 1760, Edo, Japan - died May 10, 1849, Edo) Japanese painter, draftsman, printmaker, and book illustrator. Apprenticed to a woodcut engraver at 15, he became a student of the leading master, Katsukawa Shunsho, in 1778. His first published works, prints of kabuki actors, appeared the following year. He soon turned to historical and landscape subjects and prints of children. He developed an eclectic style and achieved success with book illustrations and surimono prints ("printed things" for special occasions, such as cards and announcements), picture books and novelettes, erotic books and album prints, paintings, and ink sketches. He experimented with Western-style perspective and use of colour and later concentrated on samurai themes and Chinese subjects. His Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (1826 - 33), a series of prints, marked a summit in the history of the Japanese landscape print; in grandeur of concept and skill of execution there was little approaching it before and nothing to surpass it later. He had numerous followers, though none had his power or versatility.
Katsushika Hokusai was born on October 31, 1760
Katsushika Hokusai was born on October 31, 1760
A artist
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Kastsuhika Hokusai children's names are unknown. Sorry ) :
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10th May 1849
He lived 1760-1849
The cause of his death does not seem to be recorded. He was 89 and probably he was regarded as too old to go on living.
Katsushika Hokusai and Kitagawa Utamaro were Japanese artists in the late 1700s. They were famous for their ukiyo-e woodblock prints.
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woodblock engravings