Artist field note

Katsushika Hokusai

The world is never still.

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Kajikazawa in Kai Province by Katsushika Hokusai
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Kajikazawa in Kai Province

c. 1831

A fisherman braces against wind and water as his line echoes the triangular mountain beyond.

The five in one idea

Hokusai gave fleeting natural forces a graphic structure powerful enough to travel across cultures and centuries.