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)

Gohyaku rakanji sazaidô, pl.23 (from Fugaku...

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Gohyaku rakanji sazaidô, pl.23 (from Fugaku...

Sale Date: September 18, 2010

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Yumeawase Nanka ôki - Histoire..., 1811–1814

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Yumeawase Nanka ôki - Histoire..., 1811–1814

Sale Date: September 16, 2010

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

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

Sale Date: September 16, 2010

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Mikawa no katsuhashi no kozu - Le pont..., 1831–1832

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Mikawa no katsuhashi no kozu - Le pont..., 1831–1832

Sale Date: September 16, 2010

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Le joueur de flûte, 1775–1799

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Le joueur de flûte, 1775–1799

Sale Date: September 16, 2010

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Tôto shôkei ichiran - Sites célèbres de la..., 1800

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Tôto shôkei ichiran - Sites célèbres de la..., 1800

Sale Date: September 16, 2010

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Kaiba hippocampes - Deux hippocampes séchés..., 1822

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Kaiba hippocampes - Deux hippocampes séchés..., 1822

Sale Date: September 16, 2010

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Clochettes et libellule (oban from Des..., 1833

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Clochettes et libellule (oban from Des..., 1833

Sale Date: September 16, 2010

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Miyako-dori - L'oiseau de la capitale (bk w/ , 1802

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Miyako-dori - L'oiseau de la capitale (bk w/ , 1802

Sale Date: September 16, 2010

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Branche de lys (oban yoko-e from the..., 1830–1832

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Branche de lys (oban yoko-e from the..., 1830–1832

Sale Date: September 16, 2010

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Les 100 contes racontés par la nourrice (from ...

Attributed to Hokusai

Les 100 contes racontés par la nourrice (from ...

Sale Date: September 16, 2010

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Promenade le long de la rivière Sumida, 1799–1808

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Promenade le long de la rivière Sumida, 1799–1808

Sale Date: September 16, 2010

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Untitled (surimono + another, lrger; diptych), 1798

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Untitled (surimono + another, lrger; diptych), 1798

Sale Date: September 16, 2010

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Deux femmes tiennent des marionnettes (surimono...

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Deux femmes tiennent des marionnettes (surimono...

Sale Date: September 16, 2010

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Portrait d'une courtisane en buste (surimono , 1806

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Portrait d'une courtisane en buste (surimono , 1806

Sale Date: September 16, 2010

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Femme portant un masque otakufu (surimono)

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Femme portant un masque otakufu (surimono)

Sale Date: September 16, 2010

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Untitled (surimono w/ text by Gosoku sai..., 1803

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Untitled (surimono w/ text by Gosoku sai..., 1803

Sale Date: September 16, 2010

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La danse du lion

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La danse du lion

Sale Date: September 16, 2010

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Aigle sur une branche

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Aigle sur une branche

Sale Date: September 16, 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 16, 2010

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Ehon azuma asobi - Balade à la capitale de..., 1802

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Ehon azuma asobi - Balade à la capitale de..., 1802

Sale Date: September 16, 2010

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Ehon Awasa Kagami - Jeu de miroirs ( bk , 1816–1820

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Ehon Awasa Kagami - Jeu de miroirs ( bk , 1816–1820

Sale Date: September 16, 2010

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Trois tortues d'eau (nagae-ban)

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Trois tortues d'eau (nagae-ban)

Sale Date: September 16, 2010

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Mikawa no yatsuhashi no kozu - Le pont..., 1831–1832

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Mikawa no yatsuhashi no kozu - Le pont..., 1831–1832

Sale Date: September 16, 2010

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