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Katsushika Hokusai

Katsushika Hokusai was a Japanese artist born in 1760. Hokusai contributed to the Edo Period movement and died in 1849. Get notified when Katsushika Hokusai's biography is complete:

Courtesan Asleep

1800

Amida Waterfall on the Kisokaido Road

1827

Fuji from Goten-yama, at Shinagawa on the Tôkaidô

1830

Small Red Blossoms on a Vine

1830

Viewing Sunset over Ryôgoku Bridge from the Onmaya Embankment

1830

Kohada Koheiji

1831

Ushibori in Hitachi Province

1830-1831

The Falling Mist Waterfall at Mount Kurokami

1832

Fujimigahara in Owari Province

1830-1832

Fishing by Torchlight in Kai Province

1833

One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji

1999

Katsushika Hokusai

The masters' master

1760-1849

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Ghosts, madness, and the blood-soaked end of feudalism

1839-1892

Katsushika Ōi

Daughter of a master brings a new perspective to Edo Japan

1800-1866
17011900
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