Katsushika Hokusai vs Lin Zexu
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Compare the life timelines of Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) and Lin Zexu (1785–1850) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 64 years, from 1785 to 1849.
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Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849)
- — Born in Edo (Tokyo), Japan Verified
- — Worked in a woodcarving workshop as a youth Verified
- — Entered the studio of Katsukawa Shunshō Verified
- — Expelled from the Katsukawa school and developed his own style Verified
- — Adopted the name Hokusai as head of his own school Verified
- — Published the first volume of the Hokusai Manga Verified
- — Published Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, including The Great Wave off Kanagawa Verified
- — Published One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji Verified
- — Died in Edo Verified
Lin Zexu (1785–1850)
- — Born in Fuzhou, Fujian province Verified
- — Earned the jinshi degree in the imperial examinations Verified
- — Rose through provincial posts as a capable administrator Verified
- — Appointed Governor-General of Hunan and Hubei Verified
- — Named Imperial Commissioner to suppress the opium trade at Canton Verified
- — Destroyed confiscated opium at Humen Verified
- — Dismissed and exiled to Ili in Xinjiang Verified
- — Rehabilitated and returned to high provincial office Verified
- — Died en route to Guangxi to combat the Taiping rebels Verified