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Katsushika Hokusai - Tōkaidō kanaya no fuji
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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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Bamboo shoots

Bamboo shoots (1830-1850)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)
Album of Sketches by Katsushika Hokusai and His Disciples Pl.13

Album of Sketches by Katsushika Hokusai and His Disciples Pl.13 (19th century)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)
Act III from the Play Kanadehon Chūshingura, ‘A Kana Primer for the Treasury of Loyal Retainers’

Act III from the Play Kanadehon Chūshingura, ‘A Kana Primer for the Treasury of Loyal Retainers’ (1806)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)
Album of Sketches by Katsushika Hokusai and His Disciples Pl.23

Album of Sketches by Katsushika Hokusai and His Disciples Pl.23 (19th century)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)
Album of Sketches by Katsushika Hokusai and His Disciples Pl.22

Album of Sketches by Katsushika Hokusai and His Disciples Pl.22 (19th century)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)
Album of Sketches by Katsushika Hokusai and His Disciples Pl.24

Album of Sketches by Katsushika Hokusai and His Disciples Pl.24 (19th century)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)
Nissaka

Nissaka (1804)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)
Album of Sketches by Katsushika Hokusai and His Disciples Pl.21

Album of Sketches by Katsushika Hokusai and His Disciples Pl.21 (19th century)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)
Shonin tozan

Shonin tozan (1834)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)
Yui

Yui (1804)

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)
Sunshū ejiri

Sunshū ejiri

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)
Kōto suruga-cho mitsu miseryakuzu

Kōto suruga-cho mitsu miseryakuzu

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)
Album of Sketches by Katsushika Hokusai and His Disciples Pl.25

Album of Sketches by Katsushika Hokusai and His Disciples Pl.25 (19th century)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)
Woman, possibly a courtesan, sitting next to a flowerpot

Woman, possibly a courtesan, sitting next to a flowerpot (1830-1850)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)
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