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Katsushika Hokusai

Japanese artist (1760-1849)

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Field of work
Drawing
Wood-engraving
Graphic arts
Ukiyoe

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Images from the collections

Images by Katsushika Hokusai

13 images from works
  • Four reductions of designs from Hokusai's thirty-six views of Mount Fuji. Woodcut after Hokusai, 185- (?).
  • Four reductions of designs from Hokusai's thirty-six views of Mount Fuji. Woodcut after Hokusai, 185- (?).
  • Four reductions of designs from Hokusai's thirty-six views of Mount Fuji. Woodcut after Hokusai, 185- (?).
  • A samurai in a latrine; outside, his three attendants hold their noses. Coloured woodcut by Hokusai, 1834.
  • A samurai in a latrine; outside, his three attendants hold their noses. Coloured woodcut by Hokusai, 1834.
  • Above left, a tiger (?) restrained with a collar and a cloth over its head; left, a man on crutches steps over a sleeping man; centre, a man fans a stove on which a kettle is placed, watched by a man (right) kneeling by a cabinet (?); above right, an old woman sharpens (?) a knife. Coloured woodcut by Hokusai, 1834.
  • Above, a doctor examines a woman's left eye; below, a man helps another man who has fallen in a muddy puddle. Coloured woodcut by K. Hokusai, 1834.
  • A man with three eyes is fitted with spectacles, watched by a man and woman with fantastically elongated necks, both smoking pipes; a Buddhist monk (?) playing a shamisen looks away. Coloured woodcut by K. Hokusai, 1834.
  • Left, a small man (a dwarf?) lifts a horse's tail with a bamboo rod to catch its faeces in a scoop; above right, a man with filarial elephantiasis is helped to carry his enlarged scrotum supported with a sling; below right, a woman carrying a baby on her back points in amazement. Coloured woodcut by K. Hokusai, 1834.
  • Four reductions of designs from Hokusai's thirty-six views of Mount Fuji. Woodcut after Hokusai, 185- (?).

Works from the collections

9 works

    • Pictures
    • Online

    Above, a doctor examines a woman's left eye; below, a man helps another man who has fallen in a muddy puddle. Coloured woodcut by K. Hokusai, 1834.

    Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849. | Date: 1834] | Reference: 565448i
    • Pictures

    Four reductions of designs from Hokusai's thirty-six views of Mount Fuji. Woodcut after Hokusai, 185- (?).

    Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849. | Date: [between 1850 and 1859?] | Reference: 37200i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A man with three eyes is fitted with spectacles, watched by a man and woman with fantastically elongated necks, both smoking pipes; a Buddhist monk (?) playing a shamisen looks away. Coloured woodcut by K. Hokusai, 1834.

    Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849. | Date: 1834] | Reference: 565230i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Blind men fording a stream. Coloured woodcut by K. Hokusai, 1849 (?).

    Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849. | Date: 1849 (?)] | Reference: 565282i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A communal bath house: women and children washing, a Buddhist nun shaving her head. Coloured woodcut by Hokusai, 1834.

    Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849. | Date: 1834] | Reference: 565593i

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