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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
____ was the most famous painter of ancient Japan.
A
DaVinci
B
Sesshu
C
Freda Kala
D
Klimt
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Japanese painter and Zen priest Toyo Sesshu (1420-1506) is generally regarded as Japan’s greatest painter. His Zen-inspired paintings are credited with establishing a truly Japanese style of ink painting which had a great influence on all later Japanese painting.

Detailed explanation-2: -Katsushika Hokusai (1760 – 1849) Out of the majority of Japanese artists, Hokusai is most likely the most internationally renowned, largely due to The Great Wave off Kanagawa, which is considered the face of Japanese art globally.

Detailed explanation-3: -These elegant Japanese art style is known as nihonga (Japanese painting), which are perhaps not widely known internationally, but were created by some of the best Japanese artists to date.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hokusai. Katsushika Hokusai, better known simply as Hokusai, is the artist one knows without knowing him. The artist was an ukiyo-e and printmaker during the Edo period, who depicted the now incredibly famous images of Mt Fuji (an obsession of his), and The Great Wave to name just a couple.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sesshu Toyo was born in 1420 (Muromachi Period) in Okayama Pref. in the western part o of Japan.

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