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Hokusai came here four times in his eighties; the waves he painted on a festival float ceiling are shown still in the float.
About this place
Hokusai-kan is an art museum in Obuse, Kamitakai District, Nagano Prefecture. It is a member facility of the Japan Ukiyo-e Society. Centered on about 40 hand-painted works by the ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai, who stayed in Obuse for a long time at the invitation of Takai Kozan at the end of the Edo period, it exhibits and holds about 100 works in all. It also holds about 3,000 books related to ukiyo-e.
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Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Key facts
Founded / opened：1976 Highlights / collection：Festival float ceiling painting Doto, Hand-painted works and prints Genre：Ukiyo-e and prints, Nihonga (Japanese-style painting)
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