Katsushika Hokusai

Hokusai Sketchbook. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Katsushika Hokusai (1760 – 1849) was a Japanese ukiyo-e (pictures of the floating world) painter and printmaker and painter, born in Edo (now Tokyo), and is best known for his woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji c. 1830-35 which includes the internationally recognized print The Great Wave off Kanagawa.

Hokusai created the series both as a response to a domestic travel boom and as part of a personal obsession with Mount Fuji itself. It was this series that secured Hokusai’s fame both in Japan and overseas.

This is part 18 of a 19 - part post on the works Katsushika Hokusai. For full biographical notes see part 1 and for earlier works see parts 1 - 17 also.

n.d. Dressing Room for Musicians at a Theatre colour woodblock print 20 x 55.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

n.d. Ehon Chushingura ink on paper 21 x 15.4 cm

n.d. Eight Drinking Immortals (five here):

n.d. Bride with Sake Cup- Sujin, from the series Eight Drinking Immortals, with poem by Yamabe no MIchitaka colour woodblock print 21.1 x 9.4 cm Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

n.d. Woman Asleep on Kotatsu- Zhizhang, from the series Eight Drinking Immortals, with poems by Kobuchitei Miomaru and Fûkintei Shôin colour woodblock print 21.5 x 9.6 cm Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

n.d. Woman Leading on a Small Wheeled Writing Table - Ruyang, from the series Eight Drinking Immortals, with poems by Ryokuchikutei Kisui and Inchûtei Iyakado colour woodblock print 21.4 x 9.3 cm Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

n.d. Woman Looking at Kite- Zongzhi, from the series Eight Drinking Immortals, with poem by Shôbaitei Yoshisuke colour woodblock print 21.4 x 9.5 cm Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

n.d. Woman Writing by Sake Barrel - Rihaku, from the series Eight Drinking Immortals colour woodblock print 21.3 x 9.5 cm Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

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n.d. Enoshima colour woodblock print 25.4 x 37.5 cm

n.d. Evening bell at Mii Temple colour woodblock print 23.1 x 15.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL

n.d. Fan and Dwarf Plum Tree in Blue-and-White Porcelain Pot, with poem by San'in Tsukiyumi colour woodblock print 19.4 x 13.7 cm Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

n.d. Festival Boats Under Bridge, with poems by Hakyûan Shôkaku and Heisokusai Juraku colour woodblock print 18.1 x 17 cm Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

n.d. Flowering Cherry Trees Along the Yoshino River colour woodblock print 19.1 x 26 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

n.d. Four Women Buying Combs from a Vendor, with announcement for a New Year's performance from Yoshimura Kokichi colour woodblock print 39 x 53.2 cm Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

n.d. Gathering Sea-Weed colour woodblock print 19.1 x 26.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

n.d. Gathering Shellfish on the Beach at Low Tide colour woodblock print 24.5 x 35.2 cm

n.d. Girl Holding Battledore and Shuttlecock and Kneeling Woman by Buckets- Yamakawa Dance, from the series Three Dances Upclose, with poems by Kahontei Nemaru and Naniwatei Soyokaze colourwoodblock print 13.7 x 18.6 cm Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

n.d. Hokusai Manga

n.d. Hokusai Manga (Martial Arts)

n.d. Hokusai Manga (Performances)

n.d. Hokusai Manga (Wrestling)

n.d. Honcho furisode no hajime, Susanoo no mikoto yokai colour woodblock print 26.8 x 37 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL

n.d. Jo and Uba, the Spirits of the Pine Trees of Takasago and Sumiyoshi colour woodblock print 24.5 x 35.7 cm

n.d. Kintaro and the Wild Animals colour woodblock print 37.2 x 24.8 cm Museum für Ostasiatsche Junst, Berlin

n.d. Lady in a Chariot woodblock print 38.1 x 26.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

n.d. Landscape colour woodblock print 20.5 x 18.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

n.d. Man on a Raft colour woodblock print 33.2 x 23.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

n.d. Man Sitting Cross-legged Having his Hair Done by Structure Woman ink on paper 20.4 x 15.6 cm Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

n.d. Man Smoking Pipe at Enoshimaya Teahouse colour woodblock print 12.7 x 9.9 cm Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

n.d. Man with Swords colour woodblock print 37.1 x 24.3 cm Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA

n.d. Warrior with Swords colour woodblock print 37.1 x 25.3 cm Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA

n.d. Man with Torch colour woodblock print 27.6 x 41.9 cm Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA

n.d. Mimeguri Shrine colour woodblock print 23 x 17.5 cm

n.d. Mirroring Chinese Poems:

n.d. Mirroring Chinese Poems "Haku Rakuten" colour woodblock print Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

n.d. Mirroring Chinese Poems "Rihaku" colour woodblock print Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

n.d. Mirroring Chinese Poems "Sei Shonagon" colour woodblock print Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

n.d. Mirroring Chinese Poems "Shonenko" colour woodblock print Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge MA

n.d. Mirroring Chinese Poems "Toba in Exile" colour woodblock print Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge MA

n.d. Mirroring Chinese Poems "Tokusakari" colour woodblock print Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

n.d. Mirroring Chinese Poems "Toru daijin" colour woodblock print Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

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n.d. New Years Day Scene In The Yoshiwara colour woodblock print 19.5 x 12.6 cm

n.d. Okame Viewing Plum Blossoms, with poem by Katsurarô colour woodblock print 14 x 18.5 cm Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

n.d. Ôkuninushi no Mikoto, the White Hare of Inaba, and the Crocodiles colour woodblock print 20.7 x 18.5 cm

n.d. Party Charades of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune colour woodblock print 26 x 32.7 cm

n.d. Poet Tôzandô Bokuryô in Contemplation in His Studio colour woodblock print 12.8 x 16.9 cm Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

n.d. Portrait of a Woman in Large Circle with Landscape Below colour woodblock print 24.9 x 33.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

n.d. Procession of Foreign Officials Resting by River, with New Year's Greetings from Tokiwazu and Iwasawa Nagauta Troops colour woodblock print 39.2 x 53.2 cm Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA