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)
Motoyoshi shinno (from Hyakunin isshu ubaga..., 1839

Hokusai

Motoyoshi shinno (from Hyakunin isshu ubaga..., 1839

Sale Date: November 9, 2006

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Tenchi tenno (from Hyakunin isshu ubaga..., 1839

Hokusai

Tenchi tenno (from Hyakunin isshu ubaga..., 1839

Sale Date: November 9, 2006

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Ise (from Hyakunin isshu ubaga etoki, oban), 1839

Hokusai

Ise (from Hyakunin isshu ubaga etoki, oban), 1839

Sale Date: November 9, 2006

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

Hokusai

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

Sale Date: November 9, 2006

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Sarumaru dayu (from Hyakunin isshu ubaga..., 1839

Hokusai

Sarumaru dayu (from Hyakunin isshu ubaga..., 1839

Sale Date: November 9, 2006

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Fujiwara no michinobu anson (from Hyakunin..., 1839

Hokusai

Fujiwara no michinobu anson (from Hyakunin..., 1839

Sale Date: November 9, 2006

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Minamoto no tsunenobu (from Hyakunin isshu..., 1839

Hokusai

Minamoto no tsunenobu (from Hyakunin isshu..., 1839

Sale Date: November 9, 2006

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Yoshimine no munesada (from Hyakunin isshu..., 1839

Hokusai

Yoshimine no munesada (from Hyakunin isshu..., 1839

Sale Date: November 9, 2006

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Fujiwara no toshiyuki (from Hyakunin isshu ubaga

Hokusai

Fujiwara no toshiyuki (from Hyakunin isshu ubaga

Sale Date: November 9, 2006

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Ariwara no narihira (from Hyakunin isshu..., 1839

Hokusai

Ariwara no narihira (from Hyakunin isshu..., 1839

Sale Date: November 9, 2006

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Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (from Hyakunin isshu..., 1839

Hokusai

Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (from Hyakunin isshu..., 1839

Sale Date: November 9, 2006

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Onakatomi Yoshinobu Anson (from Hyakunin..., 1839

Hokusai

Onakatomi Yoshinobu Anson (from Hyakunin..., 1839

Sale Date: November 9, 2006

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Otomo no Yakamochi (from Hyakunin isshu..., 1839

Hokusai

Otomo no Yakamochi (from Hyakunin isshu..., 1839

Sale Date: November 9, 2006

Auction Closed

Minamoto no hitoshi (from Hyakunin isshu..., 1839

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Minamoto no hitoshi (from Hyakunin isshu..., 1839

Sale Date: November 9, 2006

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Warrior from Suikoden (+ 4 others; 5 works)

School of Hokusai

Warrior from Suikoden (+ 4 others; 5 works)

Sale Date: September 21, 2006

Auction Closed

The Great Wave off Kanagawa

Hokusai

The Great Wave off Kanagawa

Sale Date: September 10, 2006

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Sarayashiki (from Hyakumonogatari)

Hokusai

Sarayashiki (from Hyakumonogatari)

Sale Date: June 22, 2006

Auction Closed

Toto Aoigaoka no taki (from Shokoku taki meguri)

Hokusai

Toto Aoigaoka no taki (from Shokoku taki meguri)

Sale Date: July 14, 2006

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Arum leaf and convolvulus and other autumnal...

Hokusai

Arum leaf and convolvulus and other autumnal...

Sale Date: July 14, 2006

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Puppeteer (kakuban)

Hokusai

Puppeteer (kakuban)

Sale Date: June 6, 2006

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Young beauty carrying wood, 1805

Hokusai

Young beauty carrying wood, 1805

Sale Date: June 6, 2006

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Ichikawa Monnosuke

Hokusai

Ichikawa Monnosuke

Sale Date: May 19, 2006

Auction Closed

Mino no kuni Yoro no taki - Yoro waterfall, Mino

Hokusai

Mino no kuni Yoro no taki - Yoro waterfall, Mino

Sale Date: March 28, 2006

Auction Closed

Minobugawa ura Fuji - Fuji behind Minobu River...

Hokusai

Minobugawa ura Fuji - Fuji behind Minobu River...

Sale Date: March 28, 2006

Auction Closed

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