Hokusai

(Japanese, 1760–1849)

Hokusai was a seminal Japanese artist known for his ukiyo-e paintings and prints. Hokusai’s most iconic works include The Great Wave off Kanagawa (c. 1828–1833) and his series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (c. 1830–1832). “All I have produced before the age of 70 is not worth taking into account. At 73 I have learned a little about the real structure of nature, of animals, plants, trees, birds, fishes and insects,” he once said. Born Katsushika Hokusai on October 30, 1760 in Edo (present-day Tokyo), Japan, he began painting at a young age, and apprenticed to a woodcarver as a teenager. At the age of 18, he was accepted into the studio of Katsukawa Shunsho, whose paintings focused on depicting the merchant class. With the death of Shunsho in 1793, Hokusai’s work began to take on the characteristic style for which he is now known. Over the following decades, he illustrated novels and produced his famous Hokusai Manga (1814), a copybook for beginners. The artist died at the age of 88, on May 10, 1849 in Tokyo, Japan. His paintings and woodblock prints, as well as those by other Japanese artists, had a profound impact on the development of the 19th-century European painters Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, and Vincent van Gogh. Today, Hokusai’s works are held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, and the Sumida Hokusai Museum in Tokyo, among others.

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Work of the Week: Katsushika Hokusai’s 'Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji'

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Work of the Week: Katsushika Hokusai’s 'Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji'

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Hokusai (2,634 results)

Onden no suisha (Waterwheel at Onden), 1830–1831

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Onden no suisha (Waterwheel at Onden), 1830–1831

Sale Date: March 21, 2023

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Edo Nihonbashi (Nihonbashi Bridge in Edo), 1830–1831

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Edo Nihonbashi (Nihonbashi Bridge in Edo), 1830–1831

Sale Date: March 21, 2023

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Kanagawa oki nami ura (Under the well of the...

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Kanagawa oki nami ura (Under the well of the...

Sale Date: March 21, 2023

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Koishikawa yuki no ashita (Snowy..., 1830–1831

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Koishikawa yuki no ashita (Snowy..., 1830–1831

Sale Date: March 21, 2023

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Senju hanamachi yori chobo no Fuji (Fuji Seen in

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Senju hanamachi yori chobo no Fuji (Fuji Seen in

Sale Date: March 21, 2023

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Miya, 1804

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Sale Date: March 21, 2023

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Sunshu Ejiri (Ejiri in Suruga Province), 1830–1831

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Sunshu Ejiri (Ejiri in Suruga Province), 1830–1831

Sale Date: March 21, 2023

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Ehon Sumidagawa ryogan ichiran (Picture book , 1806

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Ehon Sumidagawa ryogan ichiran (Picture book , 1806

Sale Date: March 21, 2023

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Ehon kyoka yama mata yama (Picture book of..., 1804

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Ehon kyoka yama mata yama (Picture book of..., 1804

Sale Date: March 21, 2023

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Hawk Hunting

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Sale Date: March 21, 2023

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New Year's Greeting with Fukujuso Plant, 1796

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New Year's Greeting with Fukujuso Plant, 1796

Sale Date: March 16, 2023

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Plum blossomes

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Plum blossomes

Sale Date: March 11, 2023

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Cuckoo in Flight

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Cuckoo in Flight

Sale Date: March 5, 2023

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Badger and a Tea Kettle

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Badger and a Tea Kettle

Sale Date: March 5, 2023

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Reclining Young Woman and Boy

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Reclining Young Woman and Boy

Sale Date: March 5, 2023

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Katsushika Hokusai, 1806–1807

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Katsushika Hokusai, 1806–1807

Sale Date: March 5, 2023

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Two Works, 1815

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Two Works, 1815

Sale Date: March 5, 2023

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Seated Beauty with Fan, 1810

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Seated Beauty with Fan, 1810

Sale Date: March 5, 2023

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Soldiers Firing a Bombard, 1840

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Soldiers Firing a Bombard, 1840

Sale Date: March 5, 2023

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Antique Japanese Painting Attributed to Hokusai

Attributed to Hokusai

Antique Japanese Painting Attributed to Hokusai

Sale Date: February 21, 2023

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A SHUNGA PRINT

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A SHUNGA PRINT "Models of Couples" No.8

Sale Date: February 18, 2023

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A SHUNGA PRINT

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A SHUNGA PRINT "Models of Couples" No.1

Sale Date: February 18, 2023

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A SHUNGA PRINT

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A SHUNGA PRINT "Models of Couples" No.6

Sale Date: February 18, 2023

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Arum Leaf and Convolvulus and other autumnal...

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Arum Leaf and Convolvulus and other autumnal...

Sale Date: February 4, 2023

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