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'

by Margaret Carrigan

Work of the Week: Katsushika Hokusai’s 'Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji'

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by Annikka Olsen

Here Are Three Things You Might Not Know About Hokusai’s ‘The Great Wave’

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Hokusai Artworks

Hokusai (2,634 results)

Kanagawa oki nami ura (Under the well of the...

Hokusai

Kanagawa oki nami ura (Under the well of the...

Sale Date: September 19, 2023

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Aoyama enza no matsu (Cushion-pine at..., 1831–1833

Hokusai

Aoyama enza no matsu (Cushion-pine at..., 1831–1833

Sale Date: September 19, 2023

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Buyo Tsukudajima (Tsukuda Island in..., 1830–1832

Hokusai

Buyo Tsukudajima (Tsukuda Island in..., 1830–1832

Sale Date: September 19, 2023

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Kanagawa oki nami ura (Under the well of the...

Hokusai

Kanagawa oki nami ura (Under the well of the...

Sale Date: September 19, 2023

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Fugaku hyakkei (One hundred views of Mount Fuji)

Hokusai

Fugaku hyakkei (One hundred views of Mount Fuji)

Sale Date: September 19, 2023

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Soshu Hakone no kosui (Hakone Lake in..., 1830–1832

Hokusai

Soshu Hakone no kosui (Hakone Lake in..., 1830–1832

Sale Date: September 19, 2023

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Bushu Senju (Senju in Musashi Province), 1832

Hokusai

Bushu Senju (Senju in Musashi Province), 1832

Sale Date: September 19, 2023

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An ōban tate-e woodblock print titled Washū..., 1832

Hokusai

An ōban tate-e woodblock print titled Washū..., 1832

Sale Date: September 20, 2023

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Standing Courtesan with Calligraphy of a Poem

After Katsushika Hokusai and Kitao Masanobu (Santo Kyoden)

Standing Courtesan with Calligraphy of a Poem

Sale Date: September 20, 2023

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Fuji at Tanabata; A Dream of Fuji; Fuji , 1834–1835

Hokusai

Fuji at Tanabata; A Dream of Fuji; Fuji , 1834–1835

Sale Date: September 19, 2023

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A RARE ALBUM OF 12 PAINTINGS, 1800–1899

In the manner of Hokusai

A RARE ALBUM OF 12 PAINTINGS, 1800–1899

Sale Date: June 30, 2022

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WAVES, 1846

Hokusai

Sale Date: September 23, 2023

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Mishima Pass in Kai Province, from Thirty-six...

After Hokusai

Mishima Pass in Kai Province, from Thirty-six...

Sale Date: September 20, 2023

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Hokusai Manga - 北斎漫畫, 1817–1834

Hokusai

Hokusai Manga - 北斎漫畫, 1817–1834

Sale Date: April 21, 2023

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Tôkaidô Gojûsan-tsugi (Serie der 53 Stationen...

Hokusai

Tôkaidô Gojûsan-tsugi (Serie der 53 Stationen...

Sale Date: April 18, 2023

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Fujiwara no Michinobu Ason

Hokusai

Fujiwara no Michinobu Ason

Sale Date: June 22, 2023

Auction Closed

Shimotsuke Kurokami-yama, Kirifuri-no-taki

Hokusai

Shimotsuke Kurokami-yama, Kirifuri-no-taki

Sale Date: June 22, 2023

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Hanshita-e: Suikoden chu goyu bujin zu

Attributed to Hokusai

Hanshita-e: Suikoden chu goyu bujin zu

Sale Date: August 4, 2023

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Shin Yoshiwara karitaku hanjô no zu – shinpan...

Attributed to Hokusai

Shin Yoshiwara karitaku hanjô no zu – shinpan...

Sale Date: July 10, 2023

Auction Closed

Rihaku: SHIKA SHASHIN KAGAMI [Li Bai from TRUE...

Hokusai

Rihaku: SHIKA SHASHIN KAGAMI [Li Bai from TRUE...

Sale Date: July 29, 2023

Auction Closed

Joshu Ushibori: FUGAKU SANJUROKKEI [Ushibori,...

Hokusai

Joshu Ushibori: FUGAKU SANJUROKKEI [Ushibori,...

Sale Date: July 29, 2023

Auction Closed

Soshu Oyama Roben no taki: SHOKOKU TAKI MEGURI...

Hokusai

Soshu Oyama Roben no taki: SHOKOKU TAKI MEGURI...

Sale Date: July 29, 2023

Auction Closed

Bishu Fujimigahara: FUGAKU SANJUROKKEI...

Hokusai

Bishu Fujimigahara: FUGAKU SANJUROKKEI...

Sale Date: July 29, 2023

Auction Closed

Koshu Kajikazawa: FUGAKU SANJUROKKEI...

Hokusai

Koshu Kajikazawa: FUGAKU SANJUROKKEI...

Sale Date: July 29, 2023

Auction Closed

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