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 ManetClaude 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.

Hokusai Artworks

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Ehon kyoka-yama mata yama (Picture Book , 1749–1818

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Ehon kyoka-yama mata yama (Picture Book , 1749–1818

Sale Date: May 16, 2012

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Surimono depicting two people playing a duet on...

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Surimono depicting two people playing a duet on...

Sale Date: May 16, 2012

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Sunshu Katakuru chaen no Fuji from the series...

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Sunshu Katakuru chaen no Fuji from the series...

Sale Date: May 16, 2012

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Koshu Misaka suimen from the series Fugaku...

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Koshu Misaka suimen from the series Fugaku...

Sale Date: May 16, 2012

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Sanka hakuu (from the series Fugaku..., 1830–1835

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Sanka hakuu (from the series Fugaku..., 1830–1835

Sale Date: May 16, 2012

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Pêcheur avec cerf volant et jeune femme, pêcheur

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Pêcheur avec cerf volant et jeune femme, pêcheur

Sale Date: April 12, 2012

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Pouring Wine from a Cask

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Pouring Wine from a Cask

Sale Date: April 21, 2012

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Mimeguri im Schnee (hanshi-bon) (from Toto..., 1800

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Mimeguri im Schnee (hanshi-bon) (from Toto..., 1800

Sale Date: April 27, 2012

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Hisokana kojintachi (Secret lovers) (from..., 1817

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Hisokana kojintachi (Secret lovers) (from..., 1817

Sale Date: March 20, 2012

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Two combatants in a duel

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Two combatants in a duel

Sale Date: September 29, 2010

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Two combatant in a duel, one of whom has been...

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Two combatant in a duel, one of whom has been...

Sale Date: December 15, 2010

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The great wave

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The great wave

Sale Date: December 4, 2011

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Kanagawa oki nami-ura (Under the wave..., 1830–1839

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Kanagawa oki nami-ura (Under the wave..., 1830–1839

Sale Date: November 10, 2011

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Edo Nihonbashi (Nihonbashi in Edo) (from the...

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Edo Nihonbashi (Nihonbashi in Edo) (from the...

Sale Date: November 9, 2011

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Sekirei fuji (Schwanzadler und Glyzinie), pl.6...

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Sekirei fuji (Schwanzadler und Glyzinie), pl.6...

Sale Date: November 2, 2011

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Broom and maple leaves

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Broom and maple leaves

Sale Date: October 16, 2011

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Fumiya no Asayasu, pl.37 (oban yoko-e from...

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Fumiya no Asayasu, pl.37 (oban yoko-e from...

Sale Date: October 19, 2011

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Ono no Takamura, pl.11 (oban yoko-e..., 1835–1836

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Ono no Takamura, pl.11 (oban yoko-e..., 1835–1836

Sale Date: October 19, 2011

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Fujiwara no Michinobu Ason, la sortie du...

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Fujiwara no Michinobu Ason, la sortie du...

Sale Date: October 19, 2011

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Bushû Tamagawa, pl. 8 (oban yoko-e from Fugaku...

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Bushû Tamagawa, pl. 8 (oban yoko-e from Fugaku...

Sale Date: October 19, 2011

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Kanagawa-oki nami-ura, sous la vague au large de

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Kanagawa-oki nami-ura, sous la vague au large de

Sale Date: October 19, 2011

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Kôshû inume-toge, pl. 9 (oban yoko-e from Fugaku

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Kôshû inume-toge, pl. 9 (oban yoko-e from Fugaku

Sale Date: October 19, 2011

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Kazusa no kairo, pl. 30 (oban yoko-e from Fugaku

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Kazusa no kairo, pl. 30 (oban yoko-e from Fugaku

Sale Date: October 19, 2011

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Kôshû Mishima-goe, pl. 16 (oban yoko-e from...

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Kôshû Mishima-goe, pl. 16 (oban yoko-e from...

Sale Date: October 19, 2011

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