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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Hokusai (2,634 results)

Boat Bridge in Sano, 1830

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Boat Bridge in Sano, 1830

Sale Date: March 28, 2014

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Red Fuji, Japan, 1830

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Red Fuji, Japan, 1830

Sale Date: March 28, 2014

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Thunderstorm (from The 36 Views of Fuji), 1830

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Thunderstorm (from The 36 Views of Fuji), 1830

Sale Date: March 28, 2014

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Ushiborin Hitachi province from The 36..., 1830–1831

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Ushiborin Hitachi province from The 36..., 1830–1831

Sale Date: March 16, 2014

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Personnages traversant un pont en arche

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Personnages traversant un pont en arche

Sale Date: February 17, 2014

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Le tonnelier sur fond du mont Fuji

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Le tonnelier sur fond du mont Fuji

Sale Date: February 17, 2014

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Scene of Kintai-bridge

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Scene of Kintai-bridge

Sale Date: February 15, 2014

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Warai Hannya (from Cent contes de..., 1831–1832

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Warai Hannya (from Cent contes de..., 1831–1832

Sale Date: December 12, 2013

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Aoigaoka, Waterfalls in the Eastern Capita

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Aoigaoka, Waterfalls in the Eastern Capita

Sale Date: November 1, 2013

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Three volumes titled Shinobuzuri, traditionally...

Attributed to Hokusai

Three volumes titled Shinobuzuri, traditionally...

Sale Date: November 7, 2013

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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: November 7, 2013

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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: November 7, 2013

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from Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji (3 works)

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from Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji (3 works)

Sale Date: October 7, 2013

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Untitled

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Sale Date: September 21, 2013

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Figure of shrimp

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Figure of shrimp

Sale Date: September 28, 2013

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Immortals, gods of good fortune and Kyogen...

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Immortals, gods of good fortune and Kyogen...

Sale Date: September 18, 2013

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Horsefly and prickly water lily, 1840

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Horsefly and prickly water lily, 1840

Sale Date: September 18, 2013

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Mackerel and sea shells, 1840

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Mackerel and sea shells, 1840

Sale Date: September 18, 2013

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Sparrows and autumn grasses

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Sparrows and autumn grasses

Sale Date: September 18, 2013

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Erotica (12 works)

Style of Hokusai

Erotica (12 works)

Sale Date: September 18, 2013

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Koshu Inume toge (Inume Pass, Kai province)...

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Koshu Inume toge (Inume Pass, Kai province)...

Sale Date: September 18, 2013

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Album of fan paintings (12 works)

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Album of fan paintings (12 works)

Sale Date: September 18, 2013

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Mino no Kuni Yoro no Taki (Travelers Near..., 1827

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Mino no Kuni Yoro no Taki (Travelers Near..., 1827

Sale Date: September 15, 2013

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Bushi Senju (Senju, Musashi provinice..., 1830–1835

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Bushi Senju (Senju, Musashi provinice..., 1830–1835

Sale Date: September 17, 2013

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