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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36 Views of Mount Fuji (complete series)

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36 Views of Mount Fuji (complete series)

Sale Date: November 17, 2015

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Bishu Fujimigahara (from Fugaku..., 1829–1833

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Bishu Fujimigahara (from Fugaku..., 1829–1833

Sale Date: November 17, 2015

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THE COMPLETE SET OF TEN PRINTS FROM THE..., 1833

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THE COMPLETE SET OF TEN PRINTS FROM THE..., 1833

Sale Date: November 11, 2015

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Oban yoko-e de la série

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Oban yoko-e de la série "Fugaku sanjurokkei"

Sale Date: September 30, 2015

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Oban yoko-e de la série

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Oban yoko-e de la série "Fugaku sanjurokkei"

Sale Date: September 30, 2015

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Oban yoko-e de la série

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Oban yoko-e de la série "Fugaku sanjurokkei"

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Oban yoko-e de la série

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Oban yoko-e de la série "Fugaku sanjurokkei"

Sale Date: September 30, 2015

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Oban yoko-e de la série

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Oban yoko-e de la série "Fugaku sanjurokkei"

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Oban yoko-e de la série

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Oban yoko-e de la série "Fugaku sanjurokkei"

Sale Date: September 30, 2015

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"Oban yoko-e de la série "Fugaku sanjurokkei"

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Oban yoko-e de la série

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Oban yoko-e de la série "Fugaku sanjurokkei"

Sale Date: September 30, 2015

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Oban yoko-e de la série

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Oban yoko-e de la série "Fugaku sanjurokkei"

Sale Date: September 30, 2015

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Oban yoko-e de la série

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Oban yoko-e de la série "Hyakunin isshu uba ga"

Sale Date: September 30, 2015

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Oban yoko-e de la série

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Oban yoko-e de la série "Hyakunin isshu uba ga"

Sale Date: September 30, 2015

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Oban yoko-e de la série

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Oban yoko-e de la série "Hyakunin isshu uba"

Sale Date: September 30, 2015

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Chuban tate-e de la série

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Chuban tate-e de la série "Hyaku monogatari"

Sale Date: September 30, 2015

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Chuban tate-e de la série

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Chuban tate-e de la série "Hyaku monogatari"

Sale Date: September 30, 2015

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Chuban tate-e de la série

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Chuban tate-e de la série "Hyaku monogatari"

Sale Date: September 30, 2015

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Aiban yoko-e, deux jeunes femmes

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Aiban yoko-e, deux jeunes femmes

Sale Date: September 30, 2015

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Bishu Fujimigahara, 1829–1833

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Bishu Fujimigahara, 1829–1833

Sale Date: September 21, 2015

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Woodblock Print from the Series..., 1830–1832

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Woodblock Print from the Series..., 1830–1832

Sale Date: September 12, 2015

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One woodblock print, 1830–1832

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One woodblock print, 1830–1832

Sale Date: September 15, 2015

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Couple making love on a veranda

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Couple making love on a veranda

Sale Date: May 21, 2015

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Hokusai gafu

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Sale Date: May 21, 2015

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