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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46 PAGES FROM KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI'S (1760-1849)...

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46 PAGES FROM KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI'S (1760-1849)...

Sale Date: December 8, 2022

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Fugaku sanjurokkei: Koshu Misaka suimen...

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Fugaku sanjurokkei: Koshu Misaka suimen...

Sale Date: December 9, 2022

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Onami [Masculine Waves]; Menami [Feminine waves]

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Onami [Masculine Waves]; Menami [Feminine waves]

Sale Date: November 11, 2022

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Tamo no Fuji [Mt. Fuji on the Face of a Paddy]...

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Tamo no Fuji [Mt. Fuji on the Face of a Paddy]...

Sale Date: November 11, 2022

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Plum blossoms

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Plum blossoms

Sale Date: October 29, 2022

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Snowy Morning at Koishikawa

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Snowy Morning at Koishikawa

Sale Date: October 27, 2022

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Fine Wind, Clear Weather, also known as Red..., 1831

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Fine Wind, Clear Weather, also known as Red..., 1831

Sale Date: October 27, 2022

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Samurai Armor

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Samurai Armor

Sale Date: October 6, 2022

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Onami [Masculine Waves]; Menami [Feminine waves]

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Onami [Masculine Waves]; Menami [Feminine waves]

Sale Date: October 13, 2022

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A group of seven toba-e prints, 1810

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A group of seven toba-e prints, 1810

Sale Date: September 27, 2022

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Les cascades de Aoigaoka dans la capitale de , 1832

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Les cascades de Aoigaoka dans la capitale de , 1832

Sale Date: September 28, 2022

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Série les trente six vues du Mont Fuji..., 1830–1833

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Série les trente six vues du Mont Fuji..., 1830–1833

Sale Date: September 28, 2022

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Vue panoramique des deux berges de la..., 1805

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Vue panoramique des deux berges de la..., 1805

Sale Date: September 28, 2022

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Décorations pour la fête des filles (O Hina..., 1810

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Décorations pour la fête des filles (O Hina..., 1810

Sale Date: September 28, 2022

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One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku , 1834–1849

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One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku , 1834–1849

Sale Date: September 29, 2022

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Encre sur papier, quatorze personnages déroulant

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Encre sur papier, quatorze personnages déroulant

Sale Date: September 30, 2022

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Two Works

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Two Works

Sale Date: September 20, 2022

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Kazusa no kairo (At sea off Kazusa), 1830

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Kazusa no kairo (At sea off Kazusa), 1830

Sale Date: September 20, 2022

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Suo no kuni Kintaibashi (The Kintai Bridge..., 1834

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Suo no kuni Kintaibashi (The Kintai Bridge..., 1834

Sale Date: September 20, 2022

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Toto Asakusa Honganji (Honganji Temple..., 1831–1832

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Toto Asakusa Honganji (Honganji Temple..., 1831–1832

Sale Date: September 20, 2022

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Edo Nihonbashi (Nihonbashi Bridge in Edo), 1830

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Edo Nihonbashi (Nihonbashi Bridge in Edo), 1830

Sale Date: September 20, 2022

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Edo Surugacho Mitsui mise ryakuzu (The..., 1830

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Edo Surugacho Mitsui mise ryakuzu (The..., 1830

Sale Date: September 20, 2022

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Sunshu Ejiri (Ejiri in Suruga Province), 1830

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Sunshu Ejiri (Ejiri in Suruga Province), 1830

Sale Date: September 20, 2022

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Kazusa no kairo (At sea off Kazusa), 1830

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Kazusa no kairo (At sea off Kazusa), 1830

Sale Date: September 20, 2022

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