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Artist in the Global Art Registry
Katsushika Hokusai
1760–1849 · Japanese
- Born
- 1760 · Honjo
- Died
- 1849 · Asakusa
783 works in the Collect24 Registry
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Katsushika Hokusai was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist active as a painter and printmaker during the Edo period. His work, including The Great Wave off Kanagawa from his series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, broadened ukiyo-e and influenced artists like Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet.
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Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾 北斎; c. 31 October 1760 – 10 May 1849) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period, active as a painter and printmaker. His woodblock print series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji includes the iconic print The Great Wave off Kanagawa. Hokusai was instrumental in developing ukiyo-e from a style of portraiture largely focused on courtesans and actors into a much broader style of art that focused on landscapes, plants, and animals. His works had a significant influence on Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet during the wave of Japonisme that spread across Europe in the late 19th century. Hokusai created the monumental Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji as a response to a domestic travel boom in Japan and as part of a personal interest in Mount Fuji. It was this series, specifically, The Great Wave off Kanagawa and Fine Wind, Clear Morning, that secured his fame both in Japan and overseas. Hokusai was best known for his woodblock ukiyo-e prints, but he worked in a variety of mediums including painting and book illustration. Starting as a young child, he continued working and improving his style until his death, aged 88. In a long and successful career, Hokusai produced over 30,000 paintings, sketches, woodblock prints, and images for picture books. Innovative in his compositions and exceptional in his drawing technique, Hokusai is considered one of the greatest masters in the history of art.
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Selected registered works by Katsushika Hokusai
Selected from 783 works by Katsushika Hokusai in the Collect24 Registry.
Katsushika Hokusai
A View of Mount Fuji and Travellers by a Bridge, ca. 1835
color woodblock print
25.1 × 37.8 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-537370
Katsushika Hokusai
The Minister Toru Daijin Standing by a Lake Beneath a Crescent Moon, from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poetry, 1834–35
color woodblock print
52 × 23 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-200957
Katsushika Hokusai
The Rush Gatherer, from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poetry, 1834–35
color woodblock print
52.1 × 23 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-200422
Katsushika Hokusai
Poem by Emperor Tenchi, from the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by the Nurse, 1835–36
color woodblock print
24.4 × 37 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-199644
Katsushika Hokusai
Tsukasa and Other Courtesans of the Ogiya Watching the Autumn Moon Rise Over Rice Fields from a Balcony in the Yoshiwara, 1799
Surimono; color woodblock print
56.6 × 21 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-195933
Katsushika Hokusai
Poem by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, from One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by an Old Nurse, 1835–36
color woodblock print
25.8 × 37.8 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-195273
Katsushika Hokusai
Rain Below the Mountain (from the series Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji), early 1830s
color woodblock print
25.4 × 38.4 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-195244
Katsushika Hokusai
Basket of Peonies, 1810 or 1814
color woodblock print; surimono
52.1 × 38.3 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-194255
Katsushika Hokusai
Poem by Emperor Sanjo, from the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by an Old Nurse, 1835–36
color woodblock print
25.6 × 37.3 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-192753
Katsushika Hokusai
Poem by Minamoto no Muneyuki from the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by the Nurse, 1835–36
Color woodblock print
24.2 × 35.3 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-190200
Katsushika Hokusai
South Wind, Clear Sky, from Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, early 1830s
color woodblock print
25.6 × 37.5 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-190190
Katsushika Hokusai
Boy Viewing Mount Fuji, 1839
Ink and color on silk
36.2 × 51.3 cm
National Museum of Asian Art
C24-127305
Museums and collections
Where works by Katsushika Hokusai are registered
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, United States
346 works
- Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
202 works
- National Museum of Asian Art
Washington, D.C., United States
147 works
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
38 works
- Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom
20 works
- Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities
Stockholm, Sweden
17 works
- Finnish National Gallery
Helsinki, Finland
13 works
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