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'Hokusai's Great Wave' continues to wash over Western culture

Books / Reviews Aug 15, 2015

'Hokusai's Great Wave' continues to wash over Western culture

by Matt Treyvaud

Before ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai died in 1849, he famously said that if only heaven had granted him five more years he could have become a true painter. Hokusai's Great Wave, by Christine M. E. Guth.272 pagesUniversity of Hawaii ...

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