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Facsimile of a woodblock made ca. 1930 exactly the same way as they were made by artisans ca. 1830. The skill and the care are the same.There is a drawing or a copy of it voming from the artist. Then the woodcutter and the printer take over. Their skill varies. Hokusai once wrote to one of his editors that he was not happy with one of the woodcutters. In the case of the new cuts of the 36 views of the Fuji, only experts can distinguish the many versions - mainly by differences of the frame around the script

Creator/Artist
Name
Hokusai, Katsushika（葛飾北斎)
Date of birth/death 1760 1849
Location of birth/death
Deutsch: Warigesui, Honjo (Vorort von Edo/Tokio)
English: Edo (Tokyo)
日本語: 江戸本所割下水（東京都墨田区）
Deutsch: Edo (Tokio)
English: Edo (Tokyo)
日本語: 江戸浅草（東京）
Work location
Deutsch: Edo, Nagoya, Osaka, Kyoto, Uraga (Provinz Sagami)
English: Edo, Nagoya, Osaka, Kyoto, Uraga
日本語: 江戸、名古屋、大阪、京都、浦賀（相模国）

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