Tuesday 14 October 2014

Katsushika Hokusai – part 2

1835 Self-Portrait as a Fisherman 
colour woodblock print with metallic elements 21.3 x 18.43 cm
 Art Institute of Chicago, IL

Katsushika Hokusai (1760 – 1849) was a Japanese ukiyo-e (pictures of the floating world) painter and printmaker and painter, born in Edo (now Tokyo), and is best known for his woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji c. 1830-35 which includes the internationally recognised print The Great Wave off Kanagawa.


Hokusai created the series both as a response to a domestic travel boom and as part of a personal obsession with Mount Fuji itself. It was this series that secured Hokusai’s fame both in Japan and overseas.

This is part 2 of a 19 - part post on the works Katsushika Hokusai. For full biographical notes, and for earlier works, see part 1 also.


1798c A Branch of Plum 
woodblock print 19.4 x 26.3 cm 
British Museum, London

1798c Courtesan Playing Koto, with poems by Shakuyakutei Uranari and an Associate 
colour woodblock print 12 x 16.3 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1798c Squeaking a Ground Cherry, from the series Seven Fashionable Useless Habits 
colour woodblock print 36.4 x 24.8 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1798c Woman Folding Kimono 
colour woodblock print 19.6 x 13.7 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1798c Women and Children Viewing the Fireworks 
colour woodblock print 23.7 x 36.1 cm 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1799-1801 New Perspective Pictures:

1799-1801 Act 2 from the series New Perspective Pictures of the Chushingura 
colour woodblock print 20.6 x 30.5 cm 
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA

1799-1801 Act 4 from the series New Perspective Pictures of the Chushingura 
colour woodblock print 20.3 x 30.6 cm 
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA

1799-1801 Act 5 from the series New Perspective Pictures of the Chushingura 
colour woodblock print 20.4 x 30.8 cm 
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA

1799-1801 Act 6 from the series New Perspective Pictures of the Chushingura 
colour woodblock print 20.4 x 30.5 cm 
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA

1799-1801 Act 7 from the series New Perspective Pictures of the Chushingura 
colour woodblock print 20.4 x 31.1 cm 
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA

1799-1801 Act 8 from the series New Perspective Pictures of the Chushingura 
colour woodblock print 20.3 x 31.1 cm 
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA

1799-1801 Act 9 from the series New Perspective Pictures of the Chushingura 
colour woodblock print 20.5 x 31.1 cm 
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA

1799-1801 Act 10 from the series New Perspective Pictures of the Chushingura 
colour woodblock print 20.5 x 30.9 cm 
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA

1799-1801 Act 11 from the series New Perspective Pictures of the Chushingura 
colour woodblock print 20.3 x 30.6 cm 
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA


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1799c Women on a Veranda Stretching Cloth to Dry 
colour woodblock print 23.4 x 35.2 cm
 Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1800 A Woman Playing with a Monkey 
colour woodblock print 
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1800 Toto Shokei Ichiren:

1800 Kanda Myôjin Shrine from the book Toto Shokei Ichiran Vol. 1 
colour woodblock print 21.6 x 15.6 cm

1800 Meguro ( Temple ) from Toto Shokei Ichiran Vol. 2 
colour woodblock print 16.9 x 19.4 cm

1800 Nihon-bashi from Toto Shokei Ichiren Vol. 2 
colour woodblock print a: 15.1 x 14.7 cm b: 15.2 x 14.7 cm

1800 Sakai cho ( Theatre Street ): from Toto Shokei Ichiran Vol. 2 
colour woodblock print a: 20.5 x 14.9 cm b: 20.4 x 14.8 cm

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1800 Toy Monkeys
 colour woodblock print 
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1800 Woman with a Songbook 
colour woodblock print 
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1800-10c A Woman with a Cup of Rice Wine 
colour woodblock print 
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1800-02 Eight Views of Lake Biwa (Ômi Hakkei) 
Note: Hokusai produced several series entitled "Views of Ômi." 
Only six prints found from this series:


1800-02c Autumn Moon at Ishiyama
colour woodblock print 23.1 x 17.5 cm

1800-02c Descending Geese at Katada 
colour woodblock print 22.6 x 17.3 cm

1800-02c Evening Glow at Setta 
colour woodblock print 23 x 17.3 cm

Evening Bell at Mii-dera Temple, from the series Eight Views of Ômi, a New Edition 
colour woodblock print 23.3 x 16.7 cm

Sunset Glow at Seta, from the series Eight Views of Ômi, a New Edition 
colour woodblock print 23.2 x 17.2 cm


1800-10 Evening Bell at Mii-dera Temple from an untitled series of Eight Views of Ômi 
colour woodblock print 23 x 16.9 cM

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1800-03c Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers:


1800-03 Treasury of Loyal Retainers 
colour woodblock print 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1800-03 Treasury of Loyal Retainers 
colour woodblock print 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1800-03 Treasury of Loyal Retainers 
colour woodblock print 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1800-03 Treasury of Loyal Retainers 
colour woodblock print 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1800-03 Treasury of Loyal Retainers 
colour woodblock print 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1800-03 Treasury of Loyal Retainers 
colour woodblock print 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1800-03 Treasury of Loyal Retainers 
colour woodblock print 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1800-03 Treasury of Loyal Retainers 
colour woodblock print 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1800-03 Treasury of Loyal Retainers 
colour woodblock print 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1800-03 Treasury of Loyal Retainers 
colour woodblock print 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

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1800-05 Reclining Ox and Spools of Thread 
colour woodblock print 12.8 x 26.3 cm 
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA

1800-05 Women in a Boat Beneath a Bridge 
colour woodblock print 16.9 x 23.1 cm 
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA

1800-05c Mount Fuji and Cherry Blossom 
colour woodblock print 
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1800-1805c Rice Planters 
colour woodblock print 
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1800-05c A View of Hommoku off Kanagawa 
colour woodblock print 23.3 x 35.3 cm

1800-1805c Rice Planters 
colour woodblock print 
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1800-10c The Mirror Polisher 
colour woodblock print 
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1800-10c Two Masks 
colour woodblock print 
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1800-15 Large Lobster 
colour woodblock print 18.6 x 50.5 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York


1800-10c Landscapes in Western Style:


1800-05 A Boat in a Great Wave at Oshiokuri from an untitled series of landscapes in Western Style 
colour woodblock print 18.5 x 24.5 cm

1800-05 Mount Fuji under High Bridge, from an untitled series of landscapes in Western Style 
colour woodblock print 18.2 x 24.4 cm

1800-05 Ushigafuchi at Kudan, from an untitled series of landscapes in Western Style 
colour woodblock print 18.3 x 24.4 cm

1800-05c Jûnisô at Yotsuya, from an untitled series of Landscapes in Western Style 
colour woodblock print 18.5 x 24.7 cm

1800-05c Sumida River seen from Azuma Bridge, from a group of Western-style Landscapes 
colour woodblock print 18.9 x 31.6 cm 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1804-05 View of Noboto Beach at Low Tide from the Salt Beds at Gyôtoku from an untitled series of landscapes in Western Style 
colour woodblock print 18.3 x 24.5 cm

1804-05 View of Noboto Beach at Low Tide from the Salt Beds at Gyôtoku from an untitled series of landscapes in Western Style 
colour woodblock print 18.3 x 24.5 cm

1804-10 Kamakura Village, from an untitled series of Western-style Landscapes 
colour woodblock print 13.5 x 19.2 cm

1804-10 Panoramic View of Enoshima, from an untitled series of Western-style Landscapes 
colour woodblock print 13.5 x 19.1 cm


1800-16 Eight Views of Ômi:

1804-16 Autumn Moon at Ishiyama from the series Eight Views of Omi in Etching Style 
colour woodblock print 8.5 x 11.4 cm 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1804-16 Clearing Weather at Awazu from the series Eight Views of Omi in Etching Style 
colour woodblock print 8.5 x 11.4 cm 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1804-16 Descending Geese at Katada from the series Eight Views of Omi in Etching Style 
colour woodblock print 8.5 x 11.4 cm 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1804-16 Evening Bell at Mii, from the series Eight Views of Omi in Etching Style 
colour woodblock print 8.5 x 11.4 cm 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1804-16 Evening Glow at Seta from the series Eight Views of Omi in Etching Style 
colour woodblock print 8.5 x 11.4 cm 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1804-16 Night Rain at Karasaki from the series Eight Views of Omi in Etching Style 
colour woodblock print 8.5 x 11.4 cm 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1804-16 Returning Sails at Yabase the series Eight Views of Omi in Etching Style  
colour woodblock print 8.5 x 11.4 cm 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1804-16 Snow at Dusk at Hira from the series Eight Views of Omi in Etching Style colour woodblock print 8.5 x 11.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL


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