Skip to content
Arcz

Katsushika Hokusai

Japanese1760–1849Nishiki-e

Portrait of Katsushika Hokusai

About

Katsushika Hokusai 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.

Notable works

Works in the collection

45 works

More by Katsushika Hokusai in institutions

Explore on map →
Where is this?
© OpenStreetMap