I think I'll try to be here too. This is a different crowd than I have on Bluesky, which is more political and contains a more recent port of users from Xitter (which I prononunce シッター because it's full of...)

Oh yeah, did I mention that I'm studying Japanese?

Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period, active as a painter and printmaker Hokusai died #OTD in 1849.

The Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji are noteworthy not only for their beauty and technical prowess but also for the cultural significance of Mount Fuji in Japan. Hokusai's innovative use of the then-new Prussian blue pigment helped to popularize his prints during his lifetime and influenced not only Japanese art but also Western artists like Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet.

#art #painting