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Hanami...as it used to be.....
Posted by Japanalia (Yokohama, Japan) on 4 April 2008 in Art & Design and Portfolio.
This is a woodblock print by Katsushika HOKUSAI (1760 - 1849), depicting a picnic under the cherry blossoms at Shinagawa, district of old Edo as well as part of today's Tokyo.
Hokusai was primarily responsible for introducing the taste for landscape prints.
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