Hokusai's set of 5 woodblock prints

Hokusai's set of 5 woodblock prints

TOKYO, Japan - A set of five woodblock prints by renowned ''ukiyoe'' artist Katsushika Hokusai is displayed at the Japan Ukiyoe Museum in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on May 6, 2012. Experts examined the set, which is based on ghost stories, in early May, confirming it as an authentic work by Hokusai.

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