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

Hokusai (2,634 results)
Manga

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Manga

Sale Date: March 27, 2008

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Sei Shonagon (from the series Shika shashinkyo -

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Sei Shonagon (from the series Shika shashinkyo -

Sale Date: March 18, 2008

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Fujiwara no Yoshitaka (from the series Hyakunin...

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Fujiwara no Yoshitaka (from the series Hyakunin...

Sale Date: March 18, 2008

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Ariwara no Narihira (from the series Hyakunin...

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Ariwara no Narihira (from the series Hyakunin...

Sale Date: March 18, 2008

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Ono no Komachi (from the series Hyakunin isshu...

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Ono no Komachi (from the series Hyakunin isshu...

Sale Date: March 18, 2008

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Tenji Tenno (from the series Hyakunin isshu uba...

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Tenji Tenno (from the series Hyakunin isshu uba...

Sale Date: March 18, 2008

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Gonchunagon Sadaie (from the series Hyakunin...

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Gonchunagon Sadaie (from the series Hyakunin...

Sale Date: March 18, 2008

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Pontoon bridge at Sano, Kozuke Province (from...

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Pontoon bridge at Sano, Kozuke Province (from...

Sale Date: March 18, 2008

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Hanging-cloud bridge at Mount Gyodo, Ashikaga...

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Hanging-cloud bridge at Mount Gyodo, Ashikaga...

Sale Date: March 18, 2008

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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: March 18, 2008

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Bushu Senju - Senju, Musashi Province (from the...

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Bushu Senju - Senju, Musashi Province (from the...

Sale Date: March 18, 2008

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Shimo Meguro (from the series Fugaku sanjurokkei

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Shimo Meguro (from the series Fugaku sanjurokkei

Sale Date: March 18, 2008

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Gohyakurakanji Sazaido (from the series Fugaku...

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Gohyakurakanji Sazaido (from the series Fugaku...

Sale Date: March 18, 2008

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Totomi sanchu (from Fugaku sanju-rokkei, oban...

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Totomi sanchu (from Fugaku sanju-rokkei, oban...

Sale Date: March 3, 2008

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Minamoto no muneyuki ason (from Hyakunin isshu...

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Minamoto no muneyuki ason (from Hyakunin isshu...

Sale Date: February 20, 2008

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Shunshû Ejiri (ôban from Fuji sanjûrokkei)

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Shunshû Ejiri (ôban from Fuji sanjûrokkei)

Sale Date: June 1, 2005

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Bushû Senju - Senju in Musashi Province (from...

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Bushû Senju - Senju in Musashi Province (from...

Sale Date: December 2, 2005

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Jitô Tennô - Die Kaiserin Jitô (oban..., 1835–1836

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Jitô Tennô - Die Kaiserin Jitô (oban..., 1835–1836

Sale Date: December 7, 2007

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Tôto Asakusa Honganji - Der Hogan-Tempel in...

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Tôto Asakusa Honganji - Der Hogan-Tempel in...

Sale Date: December 7, 2007

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Buyò Tsukudajima - Die Insel Tsukuda in der...

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Buyò Tsukudajima - Die Insel Tsukuda in der...

Sale Date: December 7, 2007

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Shunga - Musterbuch für Liebespaare (oban..., 1810

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Shunga - Musterbuch für Liebespaare (oban..., 1810

Sale Date: December 7, 2007

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Iji Inari Azukayama no zu - Die Azuka-Hügel..., 1810

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Iji Inari Azukayama no zu - Die Azuka-Hügel..., 1810

Sale Date: December 7, 2007

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A tender scene of sleepy lovemaking (from Ehon...

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A tender scene of sleepy lovemaking (from Ehon...

Sale Date: November 20, 2007

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Kozuke Sano funabashi no kozu - The Pontoon...

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Kozuke Sano funabashi no kozu - The Pontoon...

Sale Date: November 5, 2007

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