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Biography

Katsushika TAITO II (formal name: Fujiwara Kondo), ukiyo-e painter, print artist and illustrator, was one of HOKUSAI's best pupils. Active years from 1810 to 1853 Taito was a samurai of the Toyooka clan, who originally lived in Yamashita in Kozuke Province. He seems to have met Hokusai in Nagoya in the mid-1810s. He collaborated with him on the second volume of Hokusai manga, which was published there in 1815. He moved to Edo and took the name of Taito II in or after 1820, when Hokusai changed his name to Iitsu. From that date on, Taito's works are signed 'Katsushika Taito', or 'Genryusai Taito'. He is generally referred to as 'Taito II'. He had the closest working relationship with Hokusai among all the master's pupils. Taito is also called Inu Hokusai (Dog Hokusai) when people caught him forging his master's signature on one of his own designs.