Katsushika Hokusai

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题目与答案

1. 1 Hokusai’s series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" was published over an eight-year period.
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   答案：FALSE

   原文定位：His famous print series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji," published between 1825 and 1833, marked the summit in the history of the Japanese landscape print

2. ·10 His surimon were known for their high-quality _____ .

   答案：printing

   原文定位：Surimon were prints issued privately for special occasions;in limited editions and featuring immaculate printing of the highest quality

3. Middle Years:

   11 Began using the name 'Hokusai' around _____

   答案：1797

   原文定位：He started using the name "Hokusai" around 1797, and his work from this period shows a broader range of influences

4. 12 Published _____ which were sketchbooks for artists.

   答案：manga

   原文定位：He created several major illustrated books, including the first volumes of his instructional manga (random drawings), which were sketchbooks of countless subjects—animals, people, mythological figures—intended as model books for other artists

5. Later Work:

   13 His famous series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" used a new blue pigment called _____ .

   His work greatly influenced European art movements, including Impressionism.

   答案：Prussian blue

   原文定位：This series was revolutionary for its bold composition, innovative use of the newly affordable Prussian blue pigment, and its focus on the daily lives of common people within dramatic landscapes

6. 2 Hokusai was the biological son of the Nakajima family.
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   答案：FALSE

   原文定位：He was named Nakajima but he never accepted though the true son of Nakajima, he had been born of a concubine

7. 3 Hokusai’s apprenticeship with a wood-block engraver lasted for four years.
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   答案：FALSE

   原文定位：and from 15 to 18 years of age he was apprenticed to a wood-block engraver

8. 4 Hokusai’s first published works were landscapes.
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   答案：FALSE

   原文定位：The young Hokusai’s first published works appeared the following year—actor prints of the kabuki theatre, the genre that Shunshō and the Katsukawa school practically dominated

9. 5 Hokusai’s work in the surimon genre is considered one of the early high points of his career.
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   答案：TRUE

   原文定位：At the same time, Hokusai’s work in the surimon genre during the subsequent decade marks one of the early peaks in his career

10. 6 The death of his master Shunshō was the only reason Hokusai distanced himself from the Katsukawa school.
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    • FALSE
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    答案：FALSE

    原文定位：He began to distance himself from the Katsukawa school, partly due to the death of his master Shunshō in 1792 and partly due to his own burgeoning interest in other Japanese and Chinese artistic traditions

11. Hokusai's Life and Work

    Early Training:

    ·7 Worked as a clerk in a _____

    答案：bookshop

    原文定位：Hokusai is said to have served in his youth as clerk in a lending bookshop

12. ·8 Apprenticed to a _____ from age 15 to 18.

    答案：wood-block engraver

    原文定位：and from 15 to 18 years of age he was apprenticed to a wood-block engraver

13. Artistic Shifts:

    ·9 After marriage, his subjects changed to historical scenes and _____, which used Western perspective.

    答案：landscapes

    原文定位：from this period his designs tended to turn from prints of actors and women to historical and landscape subjects, especially uki-e (semi-historical landscapes using Western-influenced perspective techniques)