Hokusai
(Japanese, 1760–1849)
Biography
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.
Hokusai Artworks
Hokusai
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.jpg "Kintai Bridge in Suo Province (Suo no kuni..., 1834")
.jpg "Senju in Musashi Province (Bushu Senju), 1831–1832")
.jpg "Fuji View Plain in Owari Province (Bishu..., 1831")
.jpg "Umezawa Manor in Sagami Province (Soshu..., 1831")
.jpg "The Suspension Bridge on the Border between..., 1834")
Hokusai
The Suspension Bridge on the Border between..., 1834
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.jpg "Senju in Musashi Province (Bushu Senju), 1832")
.jpg "Tsui no Hinagata (Shunga /Japanese bound book)")
-from-the-series-fugaku-sanjurokkei-(36.jpg "Oban yoko-e print of Yoshida, Tokaido..., 1830–1835")
-from-the.jpg "An oban yoko-e print of Fukagawa..., 1830–1835")
.jpg "An oban yoko-e of Act V from the series..., 1806")
.jpg "KAJIKAZAWA IN KAI PROVINCE (KOSHU..., 1830–1831")
.jpg "A WAYSIDE SCENE (OJI), 1801–1804")
<br/>twelve-views-of-the-eastern-capital-(toto-juni-kei)-(a-set-of-12).jpg "東都十二景(12枚1組)TWELVE VIEWS OF THE EASTERN CAPITAL...")
.jpg "ENJOYMENT OF SPRING; FAMOUS VIEW OF FIFTY-THREE...")
--offing-wave-of-kanagawa.jpg "FUGAKU (MOUNT FUJI)--OFFING WAVE OF KANAGAWA")
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