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Hokusai: Old Man Crazy To Paint
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The artist behind The Great Wave (left) had a flair for innovation, as this absorbing new profile reveals. While he was showing his skills to the shogun, Hokusai dipped a rooster’s feet in red ink and let it scamper across a blue painting, calling the result Autumn Leaves On The Tatsuta River.