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Katsushika Hokusai
Ukiyo-e

Katsushika
Hokusai

1760 – 1849Japanese

Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period, best known for the woodblock print series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji including The Great Wave off Kanagawa.

Selected Works

Born
1760
Died
1849
Nationality
Japanese
Movement
Ukiyo-e

Selected Masterworks

Definitive works that define this master's artistic legacy.

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The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife
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1814

The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife

1814Major Work
Included in Kinoe no Komatsu, a three-volume book of shunga erotica

The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife (Japanese: 蛸と海女, Hepburn: Tako to Ama; "The Octopuses and the Diver"), also known as Girl Diver and Octopi, Diver and Two Octopi, etc., is a woodblock-printed design by the Japanese artist Hokusai. It is included in Kinoe no Komatsu ('Young Pines'), a three-volume book of shunga erotica first published in 1814, and has become Hokusai's most famous shunga design.

The Great Wave off Kanagawa
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The Great Wave off Kanagawa

Major Work

The Great Wave off Kanagawa (Japanese: 神奈川沖浪裏, Hepburn: Kanagawa-oki Nami Ura; lit. 'Under the Wave off Kanagawa')[a] is a woodblock print by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai (1760–1849), created in late 1831 during the Edo period of Japanese history. The print depicts three boats moving through a storm-tossed sea, with a large, cresting wave forming a spiral in the centre over the boats and Mount Fuji in the background.

Fine Wind, Clear Morning
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Fine Wind, Clear Morning

Major Work

Fine Wind, Clear Morning (Japanese: 凱風快晴, Hepburn: Gaifū kaisei; literally South Wind, Clear Sky)[a], also known as Red Fuji (赤富士, Akafuji), is a woodblock print by Japanese artist Hokusai (1760–1849), part of his Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji series, dating from c. 1830 to 1832. The work has been described as "one of the simplest and at the same time one of the most outstanding of all Japanese prints".

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