What are "woodblock prints"?
Often referred to as Ukiyo-e, these are historical Japanese prints made with hand-carved wooden blocks. The technique of using a number of blocks to produce multi-coloured images was developed in the 18th century, but the best-known examples are from the early 19th century: perhaps the "Wave", from Hokusai's Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji is the single Japanese work of art best known in the West. With their brilliant colours, and very different approach to composition, these images had a huge impact when they were discovered by western artists—Toulouse-Lautrec, van Gogh, and others—in the age of impressionism at the end of the 19th century.
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Katsushika Hokusai
The artist Katsushika Hokusai is best known for his series of 36 views of Mount Fuji, in the bold and simple style of the Ukiyo-e (or "floating world") style. He changed his name several times, so this is only the best-known of his brush names; as is the tradition, Hokusai is his given name (a fact that has plainly confused at least one art reference book).
The "thirty-six views" of Mount Fuji are the best-known of Hokusai's work... See the Mt. Fuji puzzles page for photo puzzles and more information about Japan's highest mountain.
Properly known as "Mt. Fuji in clear weather," this is number two in the famous series of thirty-six views by Hokusai.
Brief bio of Hokusai
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The most famous Japanese ghost-story of all is Yotsuya-kaidan, in which the murdered O-Iwa comes back in the form of a lantern to haunt and torture the husband who killed her.
Wikipedia article on Yotsuya Kaidan
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In the story of Sara-yashiki (lit. "Plate-mansion") the ghost of O-kiku appears from a well, with her body in the form of a stack of plates...
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Murdered by the lover of his unfaithful wife, Kohada Koheiji seeks revenge by returning as a ghost in truly ghoulish form...
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