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 ManetClaude 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.

Hokusai Artworks

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Sparrows over a wooden tub

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Sparrows over a wooden tub

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Viewing the sunset over the Ryogoku Bridge from...

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Viewing the sunset over the Ryogoku Bridge from...

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Hodogaya

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Hodogaya

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The Bridge of Boats at Sano

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The Bridge of Boats at Sano

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Cherry blossom by a thatched cottage

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Cherry blossom by a thatched cottage

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Shunga

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Shunga

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The Cushion Pine at Aoyama

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The Cushion Pine at Aoyama

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A nobleman's ox drawn carriage and servants...

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A nobleman's ox drawn carriage and servants...

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Tea House at Yoshida on the Tokaido

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Tea House at Yoshida on the Tokaido

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The Yatsuhashi in Mikawa Province

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The Yatsuhashi in Mikawa Province

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A high Wind at Ejiri, Suruga

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A high Wind at Ejiri, Suruga

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Buyo Taukudajima

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Buyo Taukudajima

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Shunga

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Shunga

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Two cargo boats with Mt. Fuji

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Two cargo boats with Mt. Fuji

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Fugaku sanju rokkei

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Fugaku sanju rokkei

Sale Date: June 15, 1994

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Yamato Nadeshko with a Samurai holding a lantern

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Yamato Nadeshko with a Samurai holding a lantern

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Sweeping Maple Leaves

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Sweeping Maple Leaves

Sale Date: June 2, 1994

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Lake Suwa In Shinano Province

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Lake Suwa In Shinano Province

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Roben Fall at Oyama in Sagami Province

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Roben Fall at Oyama in Sagami Province

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Couple making love, 1820

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Couple making love, 1820

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Sazai Hall of the Five-Hundred-Rakan Temple

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Sazai Hall of the Five-Hundred-Rakan Temple

Sale Date: June 2, 1994

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Bunya No Asayasu

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Bunya No Asayasu

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Ashikaga carrying his horse on his shoulder,...

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Ashikaga carrying his horse on his shoulder,...

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Chunagon Yakamochi

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Chunagon Yakamochi

Sale Date: June 2, 1994

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