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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Scholars in Wind with Mr. Fuji in the...

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Scholars in Wind with Mr. Fuji in the...

Sale Date: October 14, 2021

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A wise immortal

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A wise immortal

Sale Date: September 29, 2021

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Joshu Ushibori (Ushibori in Hitachi..., 1830–1831

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Joshu Ushibori (Ushibori in Hitachi..., 1830–1831

Sale Date: September 29, 2021

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Sunshu Ejiri (Ejiri in Suruga Province)

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Sunshu Ejiri (Ejiri in Suruga Province)

Sale Date: September 29, 2021

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Koishikawa yuki no ashita (Snowy morning at...

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Koishikawa yuki no ashita (Snowy morning at...

Sale Date: September 29, 2021

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Juichidanme (Act XI), 1806

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Juichidanme (Act XI), 1806

Sale Date: September 29, 2021

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Ryogokubashi yusuzumi hanabi kenbutsu no zu..., 1780

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Ryogokubashi yusuzumi hanabi kenbutsu no zu..., 1780

Sale Date: September 29, 2021

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Complete Set of Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)...

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Complete Set of Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)...

Sale Date: September 24, 2021

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Soshu Hakone no kosui (Lake Hakone in Sagami...

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Soshu Hakone no kosui (Lake Hakone in Sagami...

Sale Date: September 23, 2021

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Tokaido Ejiri Tago-no-ura ryakuzu (Sketch of the

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Tokaido Ejiri Tago-no-ura ryakuzu (Sketch of the

Sale Date: September 23, 2021

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Fujieda: two ri and nine cho to Shimada, 1804

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Fujieda: two ri and nine cho to Shimada, 1804

Sale Date: September 21, 2021

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Hara: three ri and six cho to Yoshiwara, 1804

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Hara: three ri and six cho to Yoshiwara, 1804

Sale Date: September 21, 2021

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Nihonbashi: two ri from Shinagawa, 1804

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Nihonbashi: two ri from Shinagawa, 1804

Sale Date: September 21, 2021

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Princess Joruri and Yoshitsune

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Princess Joruri and Yoshitsune

Sale Date: September 21, 2021

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Blossoming cherry trees by a stream

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Blossoming cherry trees by a stream

Sale Date: September 21, 2021

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A courtly event modeled on the Lanting Gathering

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A courtly event modeled on the Lanting Gathering

Sale Date: September 21, 2021

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Nishidake Kazan (The West Mountain Kazan)

Attributed to Hokusai

Nishidake Kazan (The West Mountain Kazan)

Sale Date: September 21, 2021

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Beauties playing the One Hundred Poets card

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Beauties playing the One Hundred Poets card

Sale Date: September 21, 2021

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Mayoke (The tailsman), 1822

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Mayoke (The tailsman), 1822

Sale Date: September 21, 2021

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Irises and Grasshopper, 1833–1834

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Irises and Grasshopper, 1833–1834

Sale Date: September 21, 2021

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Fugaku hyakkei (One hundred views of Mount..., 1834

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Fugaku hyakkei (One hundred views of Mount..., 1834

Sale Date: September 21, 2021

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Tokaido gojusantsugi ezukushi (Exhaustive..., 1810

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Tokaido gojusantsugi ezukushi (Exhaustive..., 1810

Sale Date: September 21, 2021

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Ono no Takamura (Poem by Sangi Takamura), 1835–1836

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Ono no Takamura (Poem by Sangi Takamura), 1835–1836

Sale Date: September 21, 2021

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Chunagon Yakamochi (The Poet Chunagon..., 1835–1836

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Chunagon Yakamochi (The Poet Chunagon..., 1835–1836

Sale Date: September 21, 2021

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