Katsushika Hokusai

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Japanese | 1760 - 1849

Katsushika Hokusai was a Japanese Asian Antiquities artist who was born in 1760. Their work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Tullie House in Carlisle. Numerous key galleries and museums such as The Art Institute of Chicago have featured Katsushika Hokusai's work in the past.Katsushika Hokusai's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 10 USD to 3,559,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 3,559,000 USD for Fugaku sanjurokkei (Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji, sold at Christie's New York in 2024. In the past 12 months, their prints & graphic art have averaged 16,553 USD, while their works on paper have sold for an average of 15,282 USD.Katsushika Hokusai has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for BBC News in September 2025. The artist died in 1849.

Artist's alternative names: Hokusai, Shunr艒

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Featured for Sale

Chrysanthemums and a Deerfly

By Katsushika Hokusai

Pinto Gallery

Yoshitsune Uma-arai Waterfall in Yoshino, Izumi Province

By Katsushika Hokusai

Pinto Gallery

Hokusai manga. Vol. 13 ,1877

By Katsushika Hokusai

Bubb Kuyper

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Kanagawa-oki nami-ura (Under the Wave off Kanagawa) - Katsushika Hokusai

Kanagawa-oki nami-ura (Under the Wave off Kanagawa) ,1830

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Kanagawa oki nami ura ( In the well of the great wave off Kanagawa ), from the series Fugaku sanjurokkei ( Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji )

By Katsushika Hokusai

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Kanagawa oki nami ura (Under the well of the Great Wave off Kanagawa) [鈥淕reat Wave

By Katsushika Hokusai

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Ehon Ch奴ky艒 (The Illustrated Book of Loyalty ,1834

By Katsushika Hokusai

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Hokusai manga. Vol. 9 - Katsushika Hokusai

Hokusai manga. Vol. 9 ,1877

By Katsushika Hokusai

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Hokusai manga. Vol. 13 - Katsushika Hokusai

Hokusai manga. Vol. 13 ,1877

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Under the Wave off Kanagawa - Katsushika Hokusai

Under the Wave off Kanagawa ,1830

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Ejiri in Suruga Province - Katsushika Hokusai

Ejiri in Suruga Province ,1830

By Katsushika Hokusai

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Aus: Fugaku Hiakkei (Hundert Ansichten des Fuji

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Current Exhibitions

Rising Sun, Falling Rain: Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts

Hammer Museum

Westwood | Los Angeles | California | USA

30 Aug, 2025 - 30 Nov, 2025

Water Embodied: Flow and Meaning of Water in Japanese Art

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Kansas City | Missouri | USA

13 Sep, 2025 - 04 Jan, 2026

Images of the Floating World and from the Modern era

Australian Galleries, Sydney

Paddington | Sydney | Australia

04 Nov, 2025 - 22 Nov, 2025

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Articles

Japanese Woodblock Prints Shine At Hammer Museum

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Coverage

鈥� ..Though best known for his masterful ukiyo-e prints, Hokusai worked in a variety of media, including paintings and drawings, and depicted a wide array subjects during his long and prolific career... 鈥�
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Santa Barbara Museum of Art

鈥� ..Among the many featured works are Hokusai鈥檚 manga, his often-humorous renderings of everyday life in Japan... 鈥�
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Freer Gallery of Art & Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

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