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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Untitled

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Untitled

Sale Date: September 26, 2010

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Fuji with thundercloud

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Fuji with thundercloud

Sale Date: September 26, 2010

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Soshu Enoshima - Le mont Fuji vu d'Enoshima..., 1830

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Soshu Enoshima - Le mont Fuji vu d'Enoshima..., 1830

Sale Date: September 18, 2010

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Courtisane et sa servante Egoyomi (surimono..., 1797

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Courtisane et sa servante Egoyomi (surimono..., 1797

Sale Date: September 17, 2010

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Kinoe no komatsu - Young pines (3 vols w/ 26...

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Kinoe no komatsu - Young pines (3 vols w/ 26...

Sale Date: September 14, 2010

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Hokusai manga (7 vols), 1819–1850

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Hokusai manga (7 vols), 1819–1850

Sale Date: September 16, 2010

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Santei gafu. Album de dessins de trois..., 1816

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Santei gafu. Album de dessins de trois..., 1816

Sale Date: September 16, 2010

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Manga (complete series; 15 vols), 1814–1878

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Manga (complete series; 15 vols), 1814–1878

Sale Date: September 16, 2010

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Ehon teikin ôrai (3 vols. w/ text), 1828–1848

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Ehon teikin ôrai (3 vols. w/ text), 1828–1848

Sale Date: September 16, 2010

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Ehon onna imagawa (bk), 1844–1848

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Ehon onna imagawa (bk), 1844–1848

Sale Date: September 16, 2010

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Ehon ryôhitsu (album), 1820

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Ehon ryôhitsu (album), 1820

Sale Date: September 16, 2010

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Motoyoshi shinno - Prince Motoyoshi..., 1835–1836

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Motoyoshi shinno - Prince Motoyoshi..., 1835–1836

Sale Date: September 14, 2010

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Man washing potatoes (aizuri-e)

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Man washing potatoes (aizuri-e)

Sale Date: September 14, 2010

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Ehon musashi abumi - Livre illustré Les..., 1836

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Ehon musashi abumi - Livre illustré Les..., 1836

Sale Date: September 19, 2010

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Tôto shôkei ichiran - Sites célèbres de la..., 1815

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Tôto shôkei ichiran - Sites célèbres de la..., 1815

Sale Date: September 19, 2010

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Hokusai gafu (album in 3 vols), 1849

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Hokusai gafu (album in 3 vols), 1849

Sale Date: September 16, 2010

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Ehon wakan no homare (album w/ 58 works), 1850

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Ehon wakan no homare (album w/ 58 works), 1850

Sale Date: September 16, 2010

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Shoshoku ehon shin hinagata - Nouveaux..., 1836

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Shoshoku ehon shin hinagata - Nouveaux..., 1836

Sale Date: September 19, 2010

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Chez le poissonnier (oban yoko-e)(+ 2..., 1840

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Chez le poissonnier (oban yoko-e)(+ 2..., 1840

Sale Date: September 19, 2010

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Untitled (triptych from Tôto meisho ichiran..., 1800

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Untitled (triptych from Tôto meisho ichiran..., 1800

Sale Date: September 18, 2010

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Drum Bridge at Kameido Tenjin Shrine (from the...

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Drum Bridge at Kameido Tenjin Shrine (from the...

Sale Date: September 15, 2010

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Tenpozan at the mouth of the Aji River in Settsu

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Tenpozan at the mouth of the Aji River in Settsu

Sale Date: September 15, 2010

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Wood gatherers from Ohara

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Wood gatherers from Ohara

Sale Date: September 15, 2010

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Fugaku hyakkei - Cent vues du mont Fuji , 1834–1835

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Fugaku hyakkei - Cent vues du mont Fuji , 1834–1835

Sale Date: September 19, 2010

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