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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Hokusai (2,634 results)

Roben waterfall of Oyama, Sagami province

Hokusai

Roben waterfall of Oyama, Sagami province

Sale Date: March 29, 1996

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Fuji from Yoshida on the Tokaido

Hokusai

Fuji from Yoshida on the Tokaido

Sale Date: March 29, 1996

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Tama river in Musashi province

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Tama river in Musashi province

Sale Date: March 29, 1996

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L'attaque nocturne du palais de Moronao, 1806

Hokusai

L'attaque nocturne du palais de Moronao, 1806

Sale Date: February 16, 1996

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Le pont des nuages au mont Ashikaga Gyodo, 1831

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Le pont des nuages au mont Ashikaga Gyodo, 1831

Sale Date: February 16, 1996

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Fugaku Hyakkei

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Fugaku Hyakkei

Sale Date: December 12, 1995

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Gaifu kansei

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Sale Date: December 5, 1995

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Der Suwa-See in der Provinz Shinano

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Der Suwa-See in der Provinz Shinano

Sale Date: December 2, 1995

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Onakatomi no Yoshinobu Ason

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Onakatomi no Yoshinobu Ason

Sale Date: December 2, 1995

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Gon ChPnagon Sadaie

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Gon ChPnagon Sadaie

Sale Date: December 2, 1995

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Buyô Tsukudajima

Hokusai

Buyô Tsukudajima

Sale Date: December 2, 1995

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Ki no Natora Otomo no Yoshio, 1825

Hokusai

Ki no Natora Otomo no Yoshio, 1825

Sale Date: December 2, 1995

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Kisokaido Ono no bakufP, 1832

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Kisokaido Ono no bakufP, 1832

Sale Date: December 2, 1995

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Tenchi Tennô, 1835

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Tenchi Tennô, 1835

Sale Date: December 2, 1995

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Noboto no ura (Bucht von Noboto)

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Noboto no ura (Bucht von Noboto)

Sale Date: December 2, 1995

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KôshP, Kajikazawa (Kajikazawa in der Provinz Kai)

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KôshP, Kajikazawa (Kajikazawa in der Provinz Kai)

Sale Date: December 2, 1995

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Onmayagashi yori Ryôgokubashi no sekiyô , 1823–1829

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Onmayagashi yori Ryôgokubashi no sekiyô , 1823–1829

Sale Date: December 2, 1995

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ShinshP Suwako (Der Suwa-See in Provinz Shinano)

Hokusai

ShinshP Suwako (Der Suwa-See in Provinz Shinano)

Sale Date: December 2, 1995

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Schauer am Fuß des Berges

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Schauer am Fuß des Berges

Sale Date: December 2, 1995

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Zwei Frauen, ein Diener und ein Junge..., 1804–1805

Hokusai

Zwei Frauen, ein Diener und ein Junge..., 1804–1805

Sale Date: December 2, 1995

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Bootsbrücke in Sano, Provinz Kôzuke, 1834

Hokusai

Bootsbrücke in Sano, Provinz Kôzuke, 1834

Sale Date: December 2, 1995

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Jitô Tennô

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Sale Date: December 2, 1995

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JProku, Kambara, no.16, 1806

Hokusai

JProku, Kambara, no.16, 1806

Sale Date: December 2, 1995

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Tôto Asakusa Honganji (Honganji temple in Asakusa)

Hokusai

Tôto Asakusa Honganji (Honganji temple in Asakusa)

Sale Date: December 2, 1995

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