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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Der Wasserfall Kirifurinotaki der Provinz...

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Der Wasserfall Kirifurinotaki der Provinz...

Sale Date: December 1, 1995

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Chunshingura drama-Eine Schlacht vor einem..., 1806

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Chunshingura drama-Eine Schlacht vor einem..., 1806

Sale Date: November 22, 1995

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Le Fuji vu du rivage de Tago à Ejiri, de la...

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Le Fuji vu du rivage de Tago à Ejiri, de la...

Sale Date: November 17, 1995

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Vue sur le Fuji de la terrasse du Sazai, des...

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Vue sur le Fuji de la terrasse du Sazai, des...

Sale Date: November 17, 1995

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Koshu Misaka suimen

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Koshu Misaka suimen

Sale Date: November 16, 1995

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Toto Surugadai

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Toto Surugadai

Sale Date: November 16, 1995

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Shonin tozan

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Sale Date: November 16, 1995

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Bushu Tamagawa

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Bushu Tamagawa

Sale Date: November 16, 1995

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Fukagawa Mannenbashi shita

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Fukagawa Mannenbashi shita

Sale Date: November 16, 1995

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Kazusa no kairo

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Kazusa no kairo

Sale Date: November 16, 1995

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Senju kagai yori chobo no Fuji

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Senju kagai yori chobo no Fuji

Sale Date: November 16, 1995

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Poem by Yamabe no Akahito

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Poem by Yamabe no Akahito

Sale Date: November 16, 1995

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Koishikawa yuki no ashita

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Koishikawa yuki no ashita

Sale Date: November 16, 1995

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Gagaku performance in Imperial court, with poem...

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Gagaku performance in Imperial court, with poem...

Sale Date: November 16, 1995

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Minobugawa ura Fuji

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Minobugawa ura Fuji

Sale Date: November 16, 1995

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Aoyama enza no matsu

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Aoyama enza no matsu

Sale Date: November 16, 1995

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Travellers in a mountain pass overlooking Mt. Fuji

In the manner of Hokusai

Travellers in a mountain pass overlooking Mt. Fuji

Sale Date: November 16, 1995

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Sanka haku-u

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Sale Date: November 15, 1995

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Shichirigahama Beach, Sagami Province

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Shichirigahama Beach, Sagami Province

Sale Date: November 13, 1995

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Tsukuda Island in Musashi Province

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Tsukuda Island in Musashi Province

Sale Date: November 13, 1995

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Sanka hakuu (Rainstorm beneath the summit)

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Sanka hakuu (Rainstorm beneath the summit)

Sale Date: November 13, 1995

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The coast of Noboto

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The coast of Noboto

Sale Date: November 13, 1995

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Fisherman putting out a net, 1835

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Fisherman putting out a net, 1835

Sale Date: November 4, 1995

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Travelers along a shore, 1835

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Travelers along a shore, 1835

Sale Date: November 4, 1995

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