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

Hokusai (2,634 results)
Tsukuda island in the Musashi province

Hokusai

Tsukuda island in the Musashi province

Sale Date: May 17, 1994

Auction Closed

Three boats on the river

Hokusai

Three boats on the river

Sale Date: May 17, 1994

Auction Closed

Oban - Serie: Fugaku Sanju-Rokkei; Blatt: Bushu...

Hokusai

Oban - Serie: Fugaku Sanju-Rokkei; Blatt: Bushu...

Sale Date: May 7, 1994

Auction Closed

Sakata Hangoro III. in einer Heldenrolle

Hokusai

Sakata Hangoro III. in einer Heldenrolle

Sale Date: April 26, 1994

Auction Closed

Ein Mädchen wartet vor der Gartent_r,..., 1800–1808

Hokusai

Ein Mädchen wartet vor der Gartent_r,..., 1800–1808

Sale Date: April 26, 1994

Auction Closed

The poem of Bunja Tomoyasu

Hokusai

The poem of Bunja Tomoyasu

Sale Date: March 28, 1994

Auction Closed

Rainstorm beneath the Summit

Hokusai

Rainstorm beneath the Summit

Sale Date: March 28, 1994

Auction Closed

Poem of Fujiwara Michinobu ason

Hokusai

Poem of Fujiwara Michinobu ason

Sale Date: March 28, 1994

Auction Closed

Kisoji no oku, Amida-ga-taki

Hokusai

Kisoji no oku, Amida-ga-taki

Sale Date: March 28, 1994

Auction Closed

Hodogaya

Hokusai

Hodogaya

Sale Date: December 13, 1993

Auction Closed

Woman and an Ikebana

Hokusai

Woman and an Ikebana

Sale Date: December 13, 1993

Auction Closed

Fukui Bridge at Echizen

Hokusai

Fukui Bridge at Echizen

Sale Date: December 13, 1993

Auction Closed

Surugadai at Edo

Hokusai

Surugadai at Edo

Sale Date: December 13, 1993

Auction Closed

Bushu Senju

Hokusai

Bushu Senju

Sale Date: December 13, 1993

Auction Closed

Mt. Fuji Seen

Hokusai

Mt. Fuji Seen

Sale Date: December 13, 1993

Auction Closed

Shimo Meguro

Hokusai

Shimo Meguro

Sale Date: December 13, 1993

Auction Closed

Nobleman's ox drawn norimono and servants...

Hokusai

Nobleman's ox drawn norimono and servants...

Sale Date: December 13, 1993

Auction Closed

Pilgrims at Kirifuri Waterfall

Hokusai

Pilgrims at Kirifuri Waterfall

Sale Date: December 13, 1993

Auction Closed

Cherryblossom by a thatched cottage

Hokusai

Cherryblossom by a thatched cottage

Sale Date: December 13, 1993

Auction Closed

Street entertainers

Hokusai

Street entertainers

Sale Date: December 11, 1993

Auction Closed

View of Kameido Shrine Garden

Hokusai

View of Kameido Shrine Garden

Sale Date: December 3, 1993

Auction Closed

Fifty-Three Stations of Tokaido

Hokusai

Fifty-Three Stations of Tokaido

Sale Date: December 3, 1993

Auction Closed

Senju in Masashi Province

Hokusai

Senju in Masashi Province

Sale Date: December 3, 1993

Auction Closed

The Great Wave off Kanagawa

Hokusai

The Great Wave off Kanagawa

Sale Date: December 3, 1993

Auction Closed