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)

Un volume shunga ehon (vol. w/works)

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Un volume shunga ehon (vol. w/works)

Sale Date: October 12, 2012

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Un volume shunga ehon (vol. w/works)

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Un volume shunga ehon (vol. w/works)

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Oban yoko-e, Tsui no Hinagata, modèles de...

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Oban yoko-e, Tsui no Hinagata, modèles de...

Sale Date: October 12, 2012

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Oban yoko-e, Tsui no Hinagata, modèles de...

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Oban yoko-e, Tsui no Hinagata, modèles de...

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Les modèles d'étreintes ((Ehon) tsui no , 1812–1814

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Les modèles d'étreintes ((Ehon) tsui no , 1812–1814

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Oban yoko-e, Tsui no Hinagata, modèles de...

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Oban yoko-e, Tsui no Hinagata, modèles de...

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Oban yoko-e, Tsui no Hinagata, modèles de...

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Oban yoko-e, Tsui no Hinagata, modèles de...

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Oban yoko-e, Tsui no Hinagata, modèles de...

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Oban yoko-e, Tsui no Hinagata, modèles de...

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Oban yoko-e, Tsui no Hinagata, modèles de...

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Oban yoko-e, Tsui no Hinagata, modèles de...

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Les modèles d'étreintes ((Ehon) tsui no , 1812–1814

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Les modèles d'étreintes ((Ehon) tsui no , 1812–1814

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Oban yoko-e, Tsui no Hinagata, modèles de...

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Oban yoko-e, Tsui no Hinagata, modèles de...

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Oban yoko-e, Tsui no Hinagata, modèles de...

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Oban yoko-e, Tsui no Hinagata, modèles de...

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Oban yoko-e, Tsui no Hinagata, modèles de...

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Oban yoko-e, Tane no Chigiri, couple en kimono...

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Oban yoko-e, Tane no Chigiri, couple en kimono...

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Oban yoko-e, Fukujuso, amants en pleine étreinte

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Oban yoko-e, Fukujuso, amants en pleine étreinte

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Oban yoko-e, Fukujuso, amants s'étreignant

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Oban yoko-e, Fukujuso, amants s'étreignant

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Oban yoko-e, Tsui no Hinagata, modèles de...

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Oban yoko-e, Tsui no Hinagata, modèles de...

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Oban yoko-e, Tsui no Hinagata, modèles de...

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Oban yoko-e, Tsui no Hinagata, modèles de...

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Mount Fuji from the bamboo (from 100 views of...

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Mount Fuji from the bamboo (from 100 views of...

Sale Date: September 30, 2012

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Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji

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Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji "Red Fuji"

Sale Date: September 29, 2012

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Kanagawa oki nami ura (In the well of..., 1830–1839

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Kanagawa oki nami ura (In the well of..., 1830–1839

Sale Date: September 12, 2012

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Gohyaku Rakanji Sazaido (Sazai Hall of..., 1830–1832

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Gohyaku Rakanji Sazaido (Sazai Hall of..., 1830–1832

Sale Date: September 12, 2012

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