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

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Gohyakurakanji Sazaido - Sazai Hall of the...

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Gohyakurakanji Sazaido - Sazai Hall of the...

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Soshu Hakone kosui - The lake at Hakone in...

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Soshu Hakone kosui - The lake at Hakone in...

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Shimo Meguro (from Fugaku sanjurokkei)

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Shimo Meguro (from Fugaku sanjurokkei)

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Sanka hokuu - Thunderstorm beneath the summit...

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Sanka hokuu - Thunderstorm beneath the summit...

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Gaifu kaisei - South wind, clear weather, Red...

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Gaifu kaisei - South wind, clear weather, Red...

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Gaifu kaisei - South wind, clear weather, Red...

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Gaifu kaisei - South wind, clear weather, Red...

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Kanagawa oki nami ura - Under the great wave off

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Kanagawa oki nami ura - Under the great wave off

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Mino no Kuni Yoro no taki (from Shokoku taki...

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Mino no Kuni Yoro no taki (from Shokoku taki...

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Oiwa san (from Hyaku Monogatari - One Hundred...

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Oiwa san (from Hyaku Monogatari - One Hundred...

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Untitled (from Shika shashin kyo - Imagery of...

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Untitled (from Shika shashin kyo - Imagery of...

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The poet Rihaku lost in wonder at the majesty of

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The poet Rihaku lost in wonder at the majesty of

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The poet Abe no Nakamaro, during his long stay...

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The poet Abe no Nakamaro, during his long stay...

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Toru no Daijin (from Shika shashin kyo)

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Toru no Daijin (from Shika shashin kyo)

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The poetry competition between the Chinese poet...

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The poetry competition between the Chinese poet...

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Ariwara no Narihira - The poet Ariwara no...

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Ariwara no Narihira - The poet Ariwara no...

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Sesshu Ajigawa guchi Tempozan - The bridges at...

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Sesshu Ajigawa guchi Tempozan - The bridges at...

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Kozuke Sanofunahashi no Kozu (from Shokoku...

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Kozuke Sanofunahashi no Kozu (from Shokoku...

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Snow over the Sumida River, a fisherman watching

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Snow over the Sumida River, a fisherman watching

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Winter Loneliness by Minamoto no Muneyuki Ason...

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Winter Loneliness by Minamoto no Muneyuki Ason...

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Gaifu kaisei - South wind, clear weather, Red...

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Gaifu kaisei - South wind, clear weather, Red...

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Soshu Shichirigahama - Shichiri Beach in Sagami...

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Soshu Shichirigahama - Shichiri Beach in Sagami...

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Tokaido Hodogaya - travellers pass along by a...

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Tokaido Hodogaya - travellers pass along by a...

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A suit of armour on a stand (from Shisei no uchi

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A suit of armour on a stand (from Shisei no uchi

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Ein Daimyo Zug auf dem Weg in die Hauptstadt

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Ein Daimyo Zug auf dem Weg in die Hauptstadt

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