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This artist details how to break figures into elementary shapes, colors, and strokes in each of the three parts of his manual Quick Lessons in Simplified Drawings. Towards (15[1])the end of his life, this artist painted an animal resembling a shishi featuring oddly connecting stripes “in the Snow.” This artist (15[1])painted scenes of men at a stream “Fishing by Torchlight” and another depicting a whaling party in his Oceans of Wisdom series. (15[2])Rippling clouds against a prussian blue sky are depicted in this artist’s (*) Fine Wind, (10[1])Clear (10[1])Morning. (10[2])This artist used five yellow lines to depict a natural event in Thunderstorm Beneath the Summit. Three boats are shown traveling through a stormy sea in the best known work by this artist. For 10 points, name this ukiyo-e artist whose Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji includes The Great Wave off Kanagawa. ■END■

ANSWER: Katsushika Hokusai
<SP, Painting and Sculpture>
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