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)

Untitled (6 works) (oban yoko-e)

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Untitled (6 works) (oban yoko-e)

Sale Date: March 20, 2013

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Honjo Tatekawa (Tatekawa in Honjo) (from series:

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Honjo Tatekawa (Tatekawa in Honjo) (from series:

Sale Date: March 20, 2013

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Luchadores

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Sale Date: February 27, 2013

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Hokusai manga, les esquisses de Hokusai (set of...

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Hokusai manga, les esquisses de Hokusai (set of...

Sale Date: January 30, 2013

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Sushu Ejiri (Ejiri in Suruga..., 1830–1835

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Sushu Ejiri (Ejiri in Suruga..., 1830–1835

Sale Date: December 11, 2012

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Mount Fuji

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Sale Date: January 26, 2013

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Sanka Hakuu From the series Fugaku Sanjurokkei

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Sanka Hakuu From the series Fugaku Sanjurokkei

Sale Date: January 18, 2013

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Manga (portfolio of 13)

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Manga (portfolio of 13)

Sale Date: January 18, 2013

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Shashin Gafu (Pictures from nature) (set of 20...

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Shashin Gafu (Pictures from nature) (set of 20...

Sale Date: November 28, 2012

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Interieurszene mit zwei Paaren vor gedecktem...

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Interieurszene mit zwei Paaren vor gedecktem...

Sale Date: December 8, 2012

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Kajikazawa in der Provinz Kai (from Die...

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Kajikazawa in der Provinz Kai (from Die...

Sale Date: December 8, 2012

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Darstellung einer auf einem Reisigbündel...

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Darstellung einer auf einem Reisigbündel...

Sale Date: December 8, 2012

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Aoyama Enza no Matsu (from Fugoku Sanjûrokkei)...

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Aoyama Enza no Matsu (from Fugoku Sanjûrokkei)...

Sale Date: December 11, 2012

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Kôshû Mishimagö (from Fugoku Sanjûrokkei)...

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Kôshû Mishimagö (from Fugoku Sanjûrokkei)...

Sale Date: December 11, 2012

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Edo Nihonbash (from Fugoku sanjû rokkei)...

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Edo Nihonbash (from Fugoku sanjû rokkei)...

Sale Date: December 11, 2012

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Fujiwara Michinobu ason (from Hyakunin isshû Uba

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Fujiwara Michinobu ason (from Hyakunin isshû Uba

Sale Date: December 11, 2012

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Treize étreintes de couples accompagnées de..., 1820

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Treize étreintes de couples accompagnées de..., 1820

Sale Date: October 25, 2012

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Shimotsuke Kurokamiyama Kirifuri no taki (The...

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Shimotsuke Kurokamiyama Kirifuri no taki (The...

Sale Date: November 7, 2012

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Tokaido Okazaki Yahagi no hashi ( The Yahagi...

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Tokaido Okazaki Yahagi no hashi ( The Yahagi...

Sale Date: November 7, 2012

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Toto Sundai (Surugadai in Edo) from the series...

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Toto Sundai (Surugadai in Edo) from the series...

Sale Date: November 7, 2012

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Shoki the demon queller standing over an oni,...

Attributed to Hokusai

Shoki the demon queller standing over an oni,...

Sale Date: November 7, 2012

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Isuka ni oniazami (Crossbill and Thistle) from...

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Isuka ni oniazami (Crossbill and Thistle) from...

Sale Date: November 7, 2012

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Wagtail and Wisteria from the small series of...

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Wagtail and Wisteria from the small series of...

Sale Date: November 7, 2012

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Sanka hakuu (Shower Below the..., 1830–1835

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Sanka hakuu (Shower Below the..., 1830–1835

Sale Date: November 7, 2012

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