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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Hokusai (2,634 results)
Fujiwara MIchinobu Ason (from Hyakunin isshu uba

Hokusai

Fujiwara MIchinobu Ason (from Hyakunin isshu uba

Sale Date: June 9, 2007

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Ashikaga Gyôdô kumo no kakehashi (from Shokoku...

Hokusai

Ashikaga Gyôdô kumo no kakehashi (from Shokoku...

Sale Date: June 9, 2007

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Oban yoko-e from the series Ryukyu Hakkei - Huit

Hokusai

Oban yoko-e from the series Ryukyu Hakkei - Huit

Sale Date: June 14, 2007

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Soshu enoshima (oban yoko-e from series Fugaku...

Hokusai

Soshu enoshima (oban yoko-e from series Fugaku...

Sale Date: June 14, 2007

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Koshu misaka suimen (oban yoko-e from series...

Hokusai

Koshu misaka suimen (oban yoko-e from series...

Sale Date: June 14, 2007

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Yokogawa (oban yoko-e from series Setsuugek'ka)

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Yokogawa (oban yoko-e from series Setsuugek'ka)

Sale Date: June 14, 2007

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Kanagawa oki nami ura (oban yoko-e from series...

Hokusai

Kanagawa oki nami ura (oban yoko-e from series...

Sale Date: June 14, 2007

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Courtesan standing

Attributed to Hokusai

Courtesan standing

Sale Date: May 18, 2007

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Yoshino hana (from Setsugekka, oban yoko-e), 1832

Hokusai

Yoshino hana (from Setsugekka, oban yoko-e), 1832

Sale Date: March 24, 2007

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Tokaido Yoshida - Yoshida on the Tokaido (from...

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Tokaido Yoshida - Yoshida on the Tokaido (from...

Sale Date: March 20, 2007

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

Hokusai

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

Sale Date: March 20, 2007

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Toto, Aoigaoka no taki - Aoigaoka waterfall in...

Hokusai

Toto, Aoigaoka no taki - Aoigaoka waterfall in...

Sale Date: March 20, 2007

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Personendarstellungen (from Manga)

Hokusai

Personendarstellungen (from Manga)

Sale Date: March 21, 2005

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Bergfelder und Wasserfelder (from Manga)

Hokusai

Bergfelder und Wasserfelder (from Manga)

Sale Date: March 21, 2005

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Der kosmische buddhistische Weltberg (from Manga)

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Der kosmische buddhistische Weltberg (from Manga)

Sale Date: March 21, 2005

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Der Dichter Ariwara no Yukihira (from Manga)

Hokusai

Der Dichter Ariwara no Yukihira (from Manga)

Sale Date: March 21, 2005

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Tokaido Gojusan-Tsug (set of 58, chuban), 1806

Hokusai

Tokaido Gojusan-Tsug (set of 58, chuban), 1806

Sale Date: November 9, 2006

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Kanagawa oki namiura (from Fugaku..., 1830–1832

Hokusai

Kanagawa oki namiura (from Fugaku..., 1830–1832

Sale Date: November 9, 2006

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Sank hakuu (from Fugaku Sanjurokkei,..., 1830–1832

Hokusai

Sank hakuu (from Fugaku Sanjurokkei,..., 1830–1832

Sale Date: November 9, 2006

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Gaifu kaisei aka Fuji (from Fugaku..., 1830–1832

Hokusai

Gaifu kaisei aka Fuji (from Fugaku..., 1830–1832

Sale Date: November 9, 2006

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Buyo Tsukudajima (from Fugaku..., 1830–1832

Hokusai

Buyo Tsukudajima (from Fugaku..., 1830–1832

Sale Date: November 9, 2006

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Ono no Takamura (from Hyakunin isshu ubaga..., 1839

Hokusai

Ono no Takamura (from Hyakunin isshu ubaga..., 1839

Sale Date: November 9, 2006

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Kiyohara no Fukayabu (from Hyakunin isshu..., 1839

Hokusai

Kiyohara no Fukayabu (from Hyakunin isshu..., 1839

Sale Date: November 9, 2006

Auction Closed

Minamoto no Muneyuki ason (from Hyakunin..., 1839

Hokusai

Minamoto no Muneyuki ason (from Hyakunin..., 1839

Sale Date: November 9, 2006

Auction Closed

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