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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Evening view of farmers working

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Evening view of farmers working

Sale Date: October 25, 1994

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Fishermen pulling up their nets

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Fishermen pulling up their nets

Sale Date: October 25, 1994

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Drum bridge at Kameido Tenjin shrine

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Drum bridge at Kameido Tenjin shrine

Sale Date: October 25, 1994

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Yoshitsune horse-washing waterfall at Yoshino

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Yoshitsune horse-washing waterfall at Yoshino

Sale Date: October 25, 1994

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Kajikazawa in Kai Province

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Kajikazawa in Kai Province

Sale Date: October 25, 1994

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The fifty-three stations of the Tokaido

Attributed to Hokusai

The fifty-three stations of the Tokaido

Sale Date: October 25, 1994

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Enoshima in Sagami province

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Enoshima in Sagami province

Sale Date: October 25, 1994

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Pontoon bridge at Sano, Kozuke province, ancient

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Pontoon bridge at Sano, Kozuke province, ancient

Sale Date: October 25, 1994

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Waterwheel at Onden

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Waterwheel at Onden

Sale Date: October 25, 1994

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Kajikazawa in Kai Province

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Kajikazawa in Kai Province

Sale Date: October 25, 1994

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Viewing sunset over Ryogoku Bridge from the...

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Viewing sunset over Ryogoku Bridge from the...

Sale Date: October 25, 1994

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Brocade ball, battledore cock, toy snake and poem

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Brocade ball, battledore cock, toy snake and poem

Sale Date: October 25, 1994

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Perspective pictures of Kameido Tennangu shrine

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Perspective pictures of Kameido Tennangu shrine

Sale Date: October 25, 1994

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Aogaoka waterfall in the eastern capital

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Aogaoka waterfall in the eastern capital

Sale Date: October 25, 1994

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No title given (Mont Fuji vue des vagues de la...

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No title given (Mont Fuji vue des vagues de la...

Sale Date: October 24, 1994

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Ein Maedchen wartet vor der Gartentuer

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Ein Maedchen wartet vor der Gartentuer

Sale Date: October 3, 1994

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Women diving for abalone

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Women diving for abalone

Sale Date: July 9, 1994

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Zwei Madchen am Sumida-Fluss

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Zwei Madchen am Sumida-Fluss

Sale Date: June 21, 1994

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Wascherin und Knabe bei Vollmond (Surimono)

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Wascherin und Knabe bei Vollmond (Surimono)

Sale Date: June 21, 1994

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Bijin und zwei Krieger, im Hintergrund der Fuji

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Bijin und zwei Krieger, im Hintergrund der Fuji

Sale Date: June 21, 1994

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Darstellung der Station Kanagawa, ein Teehaus...

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Darstellung der Station Kanagawa, ein Teehaus...

Sale Date: June 21, 1994

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Honganji Temple at Asakusa, Eastern Capital

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Honganji Temple at Asakusa, Eastern Capital

Sale Date: June 20, 1994

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Fine wind, cleat weather

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Fine wind, cleat weather

Sale Date: June 20, 1994

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Totomi sanchu

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Totomi sanchu

Sale Date: June 18, 1994

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