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Summary of Katsushika Hokusai

Hokusai is widely recognized as one of Japan's greatest artists, having modernized traditional print styles through his innovations in subject and composition.

His work celebrated Japan as a unified nation, depicting a diversity of landscapes and activities linked by shared symbols and stories. He was among the first artists to be shaped by and to shape globalization, drawing from international influences and, later, being embraced by European artists who borrowed his decorative motifs, his practice of working in series, and his vision of contemporary society.

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To this day, a plethora of artists continue to reckon with his legacy.

Accomplishments

• Hokusai introduced European perspective to Japanese printmaking, often taking a significant focal point and arranging his prints around this.

  He used various framing mechanisms to emphasize these focal points and create depth in his images. While twenty-first century viewers are used to seeing prints arran