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With every page faithfully reproduced against the original works, the book shows Hokusai's playful approach to drawing with amusing songs, pictures comprised of letterforms (a forerunner to today's emoji), modern designs for craftsmen, and, yes, dance moves. This all-encompassing endeavour also includes a valuable work that he published just before his death. This was his magnum opus, serving to 'preserve everything I've learned'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eNote to Readers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The pages in this volume are ordered according to the Japanese system. 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Hokusai's near-obsession with Fuji was part of his hankering after artistic immortality. In Buddhist and Daoist tradition, Fuji was thought to hold the secret to eternal life, as one popular interpretation of its name suggests: 'Fu-shi' ('not death').\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThirty-six Views of Mount Fuji\u003c\/em\u003e was produced from circa 1830 to 1832, when Hokusai was in his seventies and at the height of his career. Among the prints are three of the artist's most famous: \u003cem\u003eThe Great Wave off Kanagawa\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFine Wind, Clear Morning\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThunderstorm Beneath the Summit\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy the time he created his second great tribute to Mount Fuji, three volumes comprising \u003cem\u003eOne Hundred Views of Mount Fuji\u003c\/em\u003e, he was using the artist names Gakyo rojin ('Old Man Crazy to Paint'), and Manji ('Ten Thousand Things', or 'Everything'). 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