Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
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The "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" is a series of landscape prints created by the Japanese artist Hokusai between 1826 and 1833. This iconic collection, which includes 46 prints in total, showcases the majestic Mount Fuji, Japan's highest peak, from various perspectives and in different seasons and weather conditions. The series is considered a masterpiece of the ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating world") school and marked a significant achievement in the history of Japanese landscape prints. Hokusai's work captured the spiritual and aesthetic significance of Mount Fuji, which has long been a sacred symbol of Japan.123
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