AT AROUND the age of 70, Katsushika Hokusai, still bounding with artistic energy, created “Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji”, a series of ukiyo-e, or woodblock prints.

古稀之年的葛饰北斋（1760-1849,日本人,浮世绘画家）依然充满了艺术活力，创作了一系列的浮世绘或木版画《冨岳三十六景》。

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These woodblock prints are vividly molded, true to life.

这些木刻造型生动，形态逼真。

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But woodblock printing isn't something to be learned in a short time.

只不过，刻版可不是一时半会儿就能学会的。

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In the Japan of 200 years ago, the woodblock print brought art to the masses.

BBC: The art of Japan

Most of the woodblock prints that are popular today were not considered high art in their time.

BBC: The art of Japan

She married a local and decided to raise a family in a valley straight out of a woodblock print.

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