KATSUSHIKA Hokusai / 葛飾 北斎
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Life dates: | 1760 - 1849 |
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Ukiyo-e painter, printmaker. Lived largery in Edo. Trained as an engraver. At 18 learned to design actor prints from Katsukawa Shunsho, given the go Katsukawa Shunro anf illustrated kibyoshi. In 1781 began to sign Hishikawa Sori, about 1797 began to use the go Hokusai. From about 1795 to 1806, under the go Gakyojin made many surimono and illustrated volumes of verse. Under influence of Chinese-style landscapes, prodused volumes of famous places. In 1814 began to produce "Manga" volumes. In 1816 made landscapes and kachoga (birds and flowers) prints. After 1820 began to produce great sets of prints like "thirty-six views of Mount Fuji". From 1835 worked primaly as a painter. He was one of the great draftsmen of the world, had many pupils. His life was unsettled, but he prodused over 30 000 prints, sketches and paintings. Always inventive, fascinating and dexterous.
Roberts, Laurance, P. "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists", John Weatherhill Inc., New York, 1980, p. 48
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Horses under a Cherry Tree in Blossom. A series of The New Edition of Colour Woodblock Prints 1817–1833 А-30626 |
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Man Writing on the Pillar the Album’s Name: The New Edition of Illustrated Books. A series of The New Edition of Colour Woodblock Prints 1817–1833 А-30624 |
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Matsushima. Monkey Bridge (Saruhashi). C. 1807 А-30470 |
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Rōben Falls at Ōyama in Sagami Province A series of Tour of the Waterfalls in Various Provinces с. 1833. Reprint of 1860s А-30618 |
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A series of The New Edition of Colour Woodblock Prints 1817–1833 А-30625 |
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Akasaka Station. Woman Making Net and Child. A series of 53 Tōkaidō Stations 1804 А-2564 |
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Fujisawa Station. Two Women and Porter Boy at Temple Gates. A series of 53 Tōkaidō Stations 1804 А-2547 |
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Futagawa Station. Resting Woman. A series of 53 Tōkaidō Stations 1804 А-2562 |
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Hamamatsu Station. Pine-Trees on Sea Shore. A series of 53 Tōkaidō Stations 1804 А-2559 |
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Hiratsuka Station. Two Men Resting under Tree. A series of 53 Tōkaidō Stations 1804 А-2548 |
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Ishiyakushi Station. Purification at a Temple Entrance. A series of 53 Tōkaidō Stations 1804 А-2567 |
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A series of 53 Tōkaidō Stations 1804 А-2544 |
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Kusatsu Station. Cooking Vegetables. A series of 53 Tōkaidō Stations 1804 А-2570 |
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A series of 53 Tōkaidō Stations 1804 А-2560 |
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Minaguchi Station. Two Women and Dancing Child A series of 53 Tōkaidō Stations 1804 А-2569 |
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Mishima Station. Two Boys on Buffalos. A series of 53 Tōkaidō Stations 1804 А-2550 |
