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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Gaifu kaisei, variante bleue du mont Fuji rouge...

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Gaifu kaisei, variante bleue du mont Fuji rouge...

Sale Date: December 18, 2009

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Eine Rüstung, aufgebaut auf ihrem Kasten, ein...

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Eine Rüstung, aufgebaut auf ihrem Kasten, ein...

Sale Date: December 12, 2009

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Kôshû Kajikazawa - Kajikazawa in der Provinz Kai

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Kôshû Kajikazawa - Kajikazawa in der Provinz Kai

Sale Date: December 12, 2009

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Sanka hakuu - Regensturm unterhalb des Gipfels...

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Sanka hakuu - Regensturm unterhalb des Gipfels...

Sale Date: December 12, 2009

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Gaifû kaisei - Südwind an einem klaren Morgen...

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Gaifû kaisei - Südwind an einem klaren Morgen...

Sale Date: December 12, 2009

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Kanagawa oki nami ura - Im Wellental vor der...

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Kanagawa oki nami ura - Im Wellental vor der...

Sale Date: December 12, 2009

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Warai Hannya - Die lachende Hannya (chûban..., 1830

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Warai Hannya - Die lachende Hannya (chûban..., 1830

Sale Date: December 12, 2009

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Shu'nen - Fixierung (chûban from Hyaku..., 1830

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Shu'nen - Fixierung (chûban from Hyaku..., 1830

Sale Date: December 12, 2009

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Höfling Bunya no Yasuhide, sitzend in einem...

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Höfling Bunya no Yasuhide, sitzend in einem...

Sale Date: December 12, 2009

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Dichter-Priester Kisen Hôshi in Rückansicht,...

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Dichter-Priester Kisen Hôshi in Rückansicht,...

Sale Date: December 12, 2009

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Nagaoban yoko-e représentant Jo et Uba près d'un

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Nagaoban yoko-e représentant Jo et Uba près d'un

Sale Date: November 23, 2009

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Oban yoko-e (from Fugaku sanju rokkei)

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Oban yoko-e (from Fugaku sanju rokkei)

Sale Date: November 23, 2009

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Oban yoko-e (from Shokoku Meikyo Kira)

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Oban yoko-e (from Shokoku Meikyo Kira)

Sale Date: November 23, 2009

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Landscape scene - from the Ehon Sumidagawa...

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Landscape scene - from the Ehon Sumidagawa...

Sale Date: November 4, 2009

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Ashikaga Gyodozan Kumo no kakehashi - oban...

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Ashikaga Gyodozan Kumo no kakehashi - oban...

Sale Date: November 4, 2009

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Ashikaga Gyodozan Kumo no kakehashi - oban...

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Ashikaga Gyodozan Kumo no kakehashi - oban...

Sale Date: November 4, 2009

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Couple making love in front of a kakejiku, 1812

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Couple making love in front of a kakejiku, 1812

Sale Date: November 5, 2009

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Couple making beneath the bedclothes, 1812

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Couple making beneath the bedclothes, 1812

Sale Date: November 5, 2009

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Couple making love, 1812

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Couple making love, 1812

Sale Date: November 5, 2009

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Couple making love in front of a screen, 1812

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Couple making love in front of a screen, 1812

Sale Date: November 5, 2009

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Toba-Su Dongpo, le poète chinois Su Dongpo, pl.6

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Toba-Su Dongpo, le poète chinois Su Dongpo, pl.6

Sale Date: October 16, 2009

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Sumidagawa Sekiya no Sato, le village de Sekiya...

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Sumidagawa Sekiya no Sato, le village de Sekiya...

Sale Date: October 16, 2009

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