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Katsushika Hokusai did art in the traditional Japanese style of ukiyo-e. He made both paintings and woodblock prints. One of his most well-known works was his series “Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji,” produced in 1831. You'll find a selection of Katsushika Hokusai art on 1stDibs.
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The Stirrups of Musashi- Original Woodcut Print by Katsushika Hokusai - 1836
By Katsushika Hokusai
Located in Roma, IT
The Stirrups of Musashi is an original modern artwork realized by Katsushika Hokusai in 1836.
Mushae (double page, book 1836).
B/W print. From the book "Ehon Musashi abumi" (The St...
Category
19th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Katsushika Hokusai -- POEM BY BUNYA NO ASAYASU (FUMIYA NO ASAYASU) 百人一首
By Katsushika Hokusai
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Poem by Bunya no Asayasu (Fumiya no Asayasu), from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)
「百人一首うはか...
Category
1830s Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Landscape from Fugaku Hyakkei- Woodcut Print by Katsushika Hokusai-1878
By Katsushika Hokusai
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape from "Fugaku hyakkei" is an original modern artwork realized by Katsushika Hokusai (31 October 1760 – 10 May 1849).
Original Woodcut print from the series "Fugaku Hyakkei" (100 views of Mount Fuji). From the second posthumous edition 1878.
Passepartout is included.
Publisher Eiraku Toshiro.
Sheet dimensions: 24 x 26 cm.
Good conditions. Signs of age and wear.
Hokusai created the monumental Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji both as a response to a domestic travel boom in Japan and as part of a personal obsession with Mount Fuji.
Katsushika Hokusai (31 October 1760 – 10 May 1849) known simply as Hokusai, was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. Hokusai is best known for the woodblock print series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji which includes the internationally iconic print The Great Wave off Kanagawa...
Category
19th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
"Fishing Village" by Katsushika Hokusai. Printed in U.S.A.
By Katsushika Hokusai
Located in Chesterfield, MI
Aaron Ashley, Inc.
Printed in USA
Good/fair condition (creasing and staining in bottom left corner)
37 x 14 in.
Category
20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$120 Sale Price
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Chinsetsu Yumiharizuki (Strange Tales of the Moonbow) by Katsushika Hokusai-1807
By Katsushika Hokusai
Located in Roma, IT
Woodcut in black (sumizuri-e) realized by Hokusai between 1807 and 1811. Belongs to the series "Chinsetsu Yumiharizuki" (Strange Tales of the Moonbow).
A lifetime impression, in ver...
Category
Early 1800s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Chinsetsu Yumiharizuki (Strange Tales of the Moonbow) by Katsushika Hokusai-1807
By Katsushika Hokusai
Located in Roma, IT
Woodcut in black (sumizuri-e) realized by Hokusai between 1807 and 1811. Plate from the series "Chinsetsu Yumiharizuki" (Strange Tales of the Moonbow).
A lifetime impression, in ver...
Category
Early 1800s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut


