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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Work of the Week: Katsushika Hokusai’s 'Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji'

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Onden no suisha (Waterwheel at Onden) (from...

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Onden no suisha (Waterwheel at Onden) (from...

Sale Date: March 23, 2011

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Shoshoku ehon shin hinagata (Nouveaux..., 1836

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Shoshoku ehon shin hinagata (Nouveaux..., 1836

Sale Date: March 2, 2011

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Ehon musashi abumi (Les étriers du..., 1836

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Ehon musashi abumi (Les étriers du..., 1836

Sale Date: March 2, 2011

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Ehon Jôruri Zekku (vol. w/56 works)(+..., 1815

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Ehon Jôruri Zekku (vol. w/56 works)(+..., 1815

Sale Date: March 2, 2011

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Ehon musashi abumi (Les étriers du..., 1836

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Ehon musashi abumi (Les étriers du..., 1836

Sale Date: March 2, 2011

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Sans titre

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Sans titre

Sale Date: March 3, 2011

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Ju Senju hanamachi chobo no Fuji (Le..., 1831–1834

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Ju Senju hanamachi chobo no Fuji (Le..., 1831–1834

Sale Date: March 3, 2011

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Sans titre (Personnages traversant un pont..., 1839

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Sans titre (Personnages traversant un pont..., 1839

Sale Date: March 3, 2011

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Promenade dans un temple

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Promenade dans un temple

Sale Date: March 3, 2011

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Tokaido gojusen tsugi (Cinquante-trois..., 1804

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Tokaido gojusen tsugi (Cinquante-trois..., 1804

Sale Date: March 2, 2011

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Tôto shôkei ichiran (Sites célèbres de la..., 1840

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Tôto shôkei ichiran (Sites célèbres de la..., 1840

Sale Date: March 2, 2011

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Chushingura (L'épopée héroïque de la..., 1804

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Chushingura (L'épopée héroïque de la..., 1804

Sale Date: March 2, 2011

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Suô no Kuri Kintai bashi (Le pont Kintai,..., 1834

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Suô no Kuri Kintai bashi (Le pont Kintai,..., 1834

Sale Date: March 2, 2011

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Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (from I cento poemi...

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Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (from I cento poemi...

Sale Date: February 25, 2010

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La danse du moineau

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La danse du moineau

Sale Date: December 18, 2010

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Groupe de moines se dirigeant vers un autel..., 1928

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Groupe de moines se dirigeant vers un autel..., 1928

Sale Date: December 18, 2010

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La contemplation de la pieuvre

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La contemplation de la pieuvre

Sale Date: December 18, 2010

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Soldats ramassant des têtes coupées dans de..., 1830

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Soldats ramassant des têtes coupées dans de..., 1830

Sale Date: December 18, 2010

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Under the wave off Kanagawa (The great..., 1829–1832

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Under the wave off Kanagawa (The great..., 1829–1832

Sale Date: November 30, 2010

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Kinoe no komatsu (2 vols w/ 16 works)

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Kinoe no komatsu (2 vols w/ 16 works)

Sale Date: November 24, 2010

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Miyo no takara (Un trésor de tout les..., 1815

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Miyo no takara (Un trésor de tout les..., 1815

Sale Date: November 24, 2010

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Koshu Mishima goe (from the Fugaku Sanjyutokkei...

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Koshu Mishima goe (from the Fugaku Sanjyutokkei...

Sale Date: November 11, 2010

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Segawa Kikunojo in a kiku-patterned robe,...

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Segawa Kikunojo in a kiku-patterned robe,...

Sale Date: November 9, 2010

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Toto Asakusa Honganji (from Fuji sanjurokkei...

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Toto Asakusa Honganji (from Fuji sanjurokkei...

Sale Date: November 9, 2010

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