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Katsushika Hokusai

Katsushika Hokusai, known simply as Hokusai, was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. Born in Edo (now Tokyo), Hokusai is best known as author of the woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (富嶽三十六景, Fugaku Sanjūroku-kei, c. 1831) which includes the internationally iconic print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa.

Hokusai created the Thirty-Six Views both as a response to a domestic travel boom and as part of a personal obsession with Mount Fuji. It was this series, specifically The Great Wave print and Fine Wind, Clear Morning, that secured Hokusai's fame both in Japan and overseas. As historian Richard Lane concludes, "if there is one work that made Hokusai's name, both in Japan and abroad, it must be this monumental print-series". While Hokusai's work prior to this series is certainly important, it was not until this series that he gained broad recognition.

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Woman Passing a Roadside Shop Near Oji

Woman Passing a Roadside Shop Near Oji (early 1800s)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)
Yoshiwara suzume

Yoshiwara suzume (1804-1807)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)
Album of Sketches by Katsushika Hokusai and His Disciples Pl.19

Album of Sketches by Katsushika Hokusai and His Disciples Pl.19 (19th century)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)
Untitled

Untitled

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)
Flower Arrangement

Flower Arrangement (late 18th century – early 19th century)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)
Album of Sketches by Katsushika Hokusai and His Disciples Pl.15

Album of Sketches by Katsushika Hokusai and His Disciples Pl.15 (19th century)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)
Gonchūnagon Sadaie

Gonchūnagon Sadaie (circa 1835-1836)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)
Falls of Aoigaoka in the Eastern Capital

Falls of Aoigaoka in the Eastern Capital (circa 1833-1834)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)
A person walking to the left, mostly obscured by an open parasol carried over the shoulder

A person walking to the left, mostly obscured by an open parasol carried over the shoulder (1830-1850)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)
A man sweeping pine needles that have fallen from a tree near a stone shrine

A man sweeping pine needles that have fallen from a tree near a stone shrine (1830-1850)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)
Sōshū hakone kosui

Sōshū hakone kosui

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)
Album of Sketches by Katsushika Hokusai and His Disciples Pl.20

Album of Sketches by Katsushika Hokusai and His Disciples Pl.20 (19th century)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)
Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji:  The Surface of Lake Misaka in Kai Province

Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji: The Surface of Lake Misaka in Kai Province (early 1830s)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)
Nissaka

Nissaka (1804)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)
Poem by Teishin Kō (Fujiwara no Tadahira)

Poem by Teishin Kō (Fujiwara no Tadahira) (circa 1835-1836)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)
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