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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Sale Date: December 15, 2014

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Cinq encres sur papier collées sur le..., 1800–1899

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Cinq encres sur papier collées sur le..., 1800–1899

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Zwei Wildgänse im Flug vor dem Vollmond , 1832–1833

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Zwei Wildgänse im Flug vor dem Vollmond , 1832–1833

Sale Date: December 4, 2014

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Kinginzuri, Nishiki-e, 1790–1799

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Kinginzuri, Nishiki-e, 1790–1799

Sale Date: December 4, 2014

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Untitled, 1847

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Untitled, 1847

Sale Date: December 4, 2014

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Ehon azumi asobi (A picture book of the..., 1802

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Ehon azumi asobi (A picture book of the..., 1802

Sale Date: November 26, 2014

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Série Hokusai Gafu, fleurs et oiseaux, 1825

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Série Hokusai Gafu, fleurs et oiseaux, 1825

Sale Date: November 27, 2014

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Ehon Sumidagawa Ryogan Ichiran, vue panoramique...

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Ehon Sumidagawa Ryogan Ichiran, vue panoramique...

Sale Date: November 27, 2014

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Oban yoko-e. Aus der Serie Fugaku..., 1831

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Oban yoko-e. Aus der Serie Fugaku..., 1831

Sale Date: December 3, 2014

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Shokoku Meikyo Kiran Kameido Tenjin Taikobashi

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Shokoku Meikyo Kiran Kameido Tenjin Taikobashi

Sale Date: September 13, 2014

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Yodogawa (from Setsugekka), 1832

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Yodogawa (from Setsugekka), 1832

Sale Date: September 16, 2014

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Soshu Shichiri-ga-hama, 1830–1831

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Soshu Shichiri-ga-hama, 1830–1831

Sale Date: September 16, 2014

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Warai Hannya or Laughing Demoness from the...

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Warai Hannya or Laughing Demoness from the...

Sale Date: July 14, 2014

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Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji 「 fine breezy day 」

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Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji 「 fine breezy day 」

Sale Date: July 5, 2014

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Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 「...

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Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido 「...

Sale Date: July 5, 2014

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Gaifu kaisei, le Fuji rouge à l'aube,..., 1830–1831

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Gaifu kaisei, le Fuji rouge à l'aube,..., 1830–1831

Sale Date: June 13, 2014

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Kanagawa-oki nami-ura, la grande vague..., 1830–1831

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Kanagawa-oki nami-ura, la grande vague..., 1830–1831

Sale Date: June 13, 2014

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Kanagawa-oki nami-ura, Oban yoko-e (from Fugaku...

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Kanagawa-oki nami-ura, Oban yoko-e (from Fugaku...

Sale Date: June 13, 2014

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An Album of Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji...

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An Album of Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji...

Sale Date: June 23, 2014

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Kakejiku, painted in ink and slight..., 1810–1815

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Kakejiku, painted in ink and slight..., 1810–1815

Sale Date: May 15, 2014

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Kakejiku, painted in ink, gold and colour on silk

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Kakejiku, painted in ink, gold and colour on silk

Sale Date: May 15, 2014

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Four oban shunga prints from the album Ehon..., 1817

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Four oban shunga prints from the album Ehon..., 1817

Sale Date: May 15, 2014

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Four oban shunga prints (from Ehon tsui no..., 1817

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Four oban shunga prints (from Ehon tsui no..., 1817

Sale Date: May 15, 2014

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Shunga hukujyuso

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Shunga hukujyuso

Sale Date: April 26, 2014

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