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Katsushika Hokusai

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Ink sketch of a robed standing scholar holding a plum branch, with a reclining figure sketched in the lower left corner.

Album of Sketches by Katsushika Hokusai and His Disciples

19th century

Ink and color painting of a reclining drunken man with a sword beside a box, on a fan-shaped sheet in a brocade-bordered scro

Drunken Asaina

ca. 1810

Hanging scroll of a robed archer with bow and arrows on a rocky slope with pine branches, by Katsushika Hokusai.

The Legendary Empress Jingū

dated 1847

Hanging scroll of seated warrior deity Guan Yu with red face and yellow robe, beside an attendant holding a tall halberd.

Guan Yu, Chinese God of War

19th century

Hanging scroll of a barefoot woman with flying hair raising a sword atop a wooden platform, with trees and banners below.

Sword Dancer

19th century

Red monochrome hanging scroll of Zhong Kui, a bearded armored demon queller holding a round object, by Hokusai.

Red Zhong Kui, the Demon Queller

1846

Ink painting of the demon queller Shōki holding a sword, in a hanging scroll with a red seal at lower right.

Black Shōki, the Demon Queller

1849

Hanging scroll of a bent fisherman with a triangular net on a pole and a basket, standing on a pale shoreline.

Fisherman

19th century

Hanging scroll of a woman spinning silk beside a child at a brazier, with three swallows flying above.

Woman Spinning Silk

dated 1790

Hanging scroll of a snowy winter scene with a pine tree over a shop front, figures, two cats and a paper umbrella.

In Front of a Shop

dated 1780

Ink and colour painting of wild geese above rippling water and reeds, with a flock flying in the upper left.

Wild Geese and Water

1839

Painting of a Buddha's hand citron branch with yellow finger-like fruit on a gray silk background, with a red seal.

Buddha’s Hand Citron (Busshukan)

mid-19th century

Hanging scroll of a blue kingfisher diving beside tall bulrushes with seed heads on a pale background.

Kingfisher and Bulrushes

19th century

Hanging scroll of Shōki raising a sword and gripping a blue demon by the head, on an ochre ground with brocade border.

Shōki, the Demon Queller

dated 1790

Ink drawing of a bamboo stalk with jointed nodes and drooping tapering leaves on pale paper.

Bamboo

18th-19th century

Pair of folding screens showing a coastal landscape with rocky shores, tall trees, thatched houses and a distant mountain.

Mount Fuji and Enoshima

Ink sketch of a bearded man carrying a box with a boy holding a string attached to a small bird below.

Man and boy

Ink line drawing of a smiling male dancer in a patterned robe, arms raised holding a fan, on pale paper.

Male dancer, Manzai

Ink sketch of a smiling Sambaso dancer in a tall hat and flowing robes, bent in a twisting dance pose.

A Sambaso Dancer

Ink line drawing of a seated musician in a robe playing a shamisen, with eyes closed, on beige paper.

Tuning the Samisen

Twelve-panel gold folding screen with figures, a moon, river, trees and birds in misty landscape scenes.

Six Tama Rivers

Painting of a child confronting a tiger that lunges toward an older man beneath a pine tree.

Filial piety: Yang Hsiang saving his father from a tiger

Ink painting on a fan-shaped sheet showing a dark crow beside three red maple leaves, with a red seal at lower right.

Young Crow and Maple Leaves

Small fan-shaped painting of a seated man with a fan, a white bowl, and butterflies above him.

A man with a fan, butterflies, and a bowl of water

Ink sketch of a man sleeping face-down on tan paper, one arm stretched forward and his robe loosely draped.

Sleeping Man

Ink painting of a dragon with clawed feet curling through dark swirling clouds, with calligraphy and a red seal at lower left

Dragon and clouds

Hanging scroll with a fan-shaped painting of a flying cuckoo beside columns of black ink calligraphy.

Flying Cuckoo

1800

Goose

Back view of a man in a blue robe and yellow trousers holding a cloth and carrying a broom at his waist.

Man with broom and cloth

Hanging scroll of a long scaled dragon descending through dark clouds, mounted in gold-flecked silk brocade.

Descending dragon

Ink painting on a hanging scroll of a standing figure in a grey robe and patterned kimono, holding a pink fan.

Young man

Ink line drawing of a seated woman in a kimono holding a cat against her shoulder, on pale paper.

Lady Holding a Cat

1810

Hanging scroll of a seated courtier in a green patterned robe and black hat, with a red sword hilt, on a pale ground.

Six Immortals of Poetry: Fun'ya no Yasuhide

1800

Hanging scroll of a standing courtesan in a black blossom-patterned kimono with a red sash, head bowed.

Courtesan

Ink line drawing of a standing man in layered Japanese robes and trousers, with a topknot, on tan textured paper.

Standing figure of a man

Ink and color sketch of a seated man in a green robe painting characters on a pink panel beside an inkstone.

The Calligrapher

Hanging scroll of two women in an interior, one kneeling and writing, with a blossoming tree screen and calligraphy above.

Interior: a courtesan writing; another looking on

The Lion Dance

Hanging scroll of a seated courtly man in blue and red robes with a fan, beside folded paper, on a pale ground.

Six Immortals of Poetry: Ariwara no Narihira

1800

Hanging scroll of a boy in blue kimono fishing from a willow branch, with swallows flying nearby.

Boy fishing from the limb of a tree

Ink sketch of a bald peasant smoking a pipe on a mat, beside a noble figure in a patterned robe and black hat.

Peasant and noble

Walking figure of a courtesan

Hanging scroll of a standing woman in a brown robe with a patterned blue lining, holding a long pipe to her lips.

Woman holding a tobacco pipe

1810

Ink and colour sketch of a seated woman in a patterned kimono and veil, with red hair ornaments, on a cushion.

Seated courtesan

Painting of townspeople in kimono with bundles near blossoming trees, pines, a curved bridge and a river landscape.

Cherry blossom viewing

Hanging scroll of a bald robed figure in orange and green garments holding a fan, against a pale background.

Six Immortals of Poetry: Sojo Henjo

1800

Ink wash painting of a dark horse leaping with lifted forelegs, mane and tail streaming, on pale paper.

A Running horse

Hanging scroll of a white snake coiled around a patterned oval bundle tied with a red tassel, framed in gold brocade.

The Lute and White Snake of Benten (Sarasvati)

Ink sketch of three men in dynamic poses, one seated and laughing, two tumbling, on pale paper.

Three men gesticulating

Ink drawing of a swimming turtle with a hexagonal shell among flowing sea weed lines on pale paper.

Swimming turtle amongst sea-weeds

Hanging scroll of a woman in a flowered white kimono and red skirt holding a decorated fan, by Hokusai.

Six Immortals of Poetry: Ono no Komachi

1800

Sketch of two carp swimming through diagonal currents, with detailed scales and fins drawn in ink on tan paper.

Swimming carp

Watercolor of a boatman poling a raft with a thatched hut past reeds, birds, and a pink-tinted river landscape.

Landscape: boatman poling his raft

Ink sketch of an elderly bald man in a loose robe leaning on a walking stick, with red underdrawing and paper overlays.

Sketch for a woodblock print

Painting of a seated court lady with long black hair in layered red, blue and patterned robes, on pale paper.

Court Lady

18th-19th century

Hand-colored Japanese print of a bald warrior monk with a blue staff, debris flying around a prone figure below.

Rochishin Chopping Off the Head of Nio

18th-19th century

Ink drawing of a long-haired ghost peering around a doorframe, beside a bearded serpentine figure above pine trees.

Ghosts

18th-19th century

Ink sketches of four birds with pink washes and a grotesque lion-like mask design, mounted together on one sheet.

Four sketches of birds and one design for a grotesque mask, mounted together

18th-19th century

Fan-shaped painting of a bald man leaning back beside rising smoke, a blossoming branch and a shovel.

Buddhist allegory of a priest burning cherry branches

Ink and red sketch of a fierce seated deity at an altar, with studies of a robed figure, tassel, pine and wisteria.

Juima

18th-19th century

Green turtle with a red ribbon trailing from its head, swimming through curling pink and gray water ripples.

Turtle resting on a scroll

Hanging scroll of a seated woman in a patterned kimono tying a floral bundle beside a screen, with a small fish sketch on the

New Year custom: wish for a New Year's auspicious dream

1800

Ink and colour painting of pink peony blossoms with dark wash leaves on a branch against a pale ochre background.

Peony

Ink drawing of a standing warrior in layered armor, holding a raised staff and a fan, on pale paper.

Standing warrior in full armor

Ink line drawing of a standing man leaning forward with a topknot, long robe and a pipe at his side.

Standing man

Hanging scroll of a seated monk in a dark robe and pink outer garment, with a gold and black brocade mount.

Six Immortals of Poetry: Kisen Hoshi

1800

Ink line drawing of a woman seen from behind, playing a samisen, wearing a kimono and decorated hair ornaments.

Woman with back to observer playing samisen

Sketch of a courtesan

Hanging scroll of women and a man in kimono strolling beneath cherry blossoms toward a thatched building.

Landscape: parties of men and women looking at cherry blossoms

Ink and watercolor still life of sparklers in a blue patterned vase, with a crab, clam shells and a bulb on tan paper.

Sparklers, crab and bulb

Two-panel screen: a red-robed priest beside a tree trunk, three women and a child walking under a pine on gold-flecked ground

A Shinto Priest, Three Women and a Child

1800

Ink drawing of a dragon with clawed limbs and scaly tail emerging from grey clouds on pale paper.

Dragon emerging from clouds

Ink drawing of a long-haired hermit in flowing robes seated on a rock, turning to the left on beige paper.

Hermit resting on a rock

Hanging scroll of a ferry boat with passengers crossing a misty river toward snow-capped Mount Fuji and a riverside village.

River landscape: ferry-boat and Mount Fuji

Hanging scroll of a seated woman in a grey kimono beside a red stand with a bowl and lacquer box, by Katsushika Hokusai.

New Year custom: makeup on the New Year morning

1800

Ink sketch of a fisherman on rocks beside a large curling wave, with leafy plants and a basket.

Fisherman Tossing Bait

Ink line drawing of two standing women in layered kimono with elaborate hair ornaments, on aged paper.

Two women

Ink drawing of seated robed figures in three panels, some holding fans, rendered in loose gray brushwork.

The Six Master Poets

Hanging scroll of figures gathering clams on a shore, with a wooden boat, a distant conical mountain and calm sea.

Landscape: clam-gatherers on the shore

Ink sketch of three figures in loose brushwork, one wearing a grid-patterned garment, on a pale paper ground.

Three figures

Ink and watercolor drawing of a bald seated man gesturing toward a flaming bowl with a coin and mallet nearby.

Burning a Buddhist Image

Hanging scroll of a hawk diving with a fish in its beak above dark rocks and waves, in ink and colour on silk.

Hawk and fish

Ink painting of a grey pigeon with pink beak and feet pecking at scattered grains on a beige background.

Pigeon

Ink wash sketch of a stooped animal figure in a dark robe leaning on a staff, with a second figure at the right edge.

An old mouse (?) dressed in a black robe

Ink sketch of two seated figures in robes, surrounded by small studies of exaggerated faces and heads.

Various Faces

Ink line drawing of a young woman in a patterned kimono swinging a battledore, with shuttlecocks sketched at upper left.

Girl playing with a battledore and shuttlecock

Ink and wash hanging scroll of misty mountains, a river with boats, and a riverside village of wooden houses.

Landscape: mountains, stream and boats

Ink line drawing of a man in a crane and bamboo patterned kimono beside a tied box, on beige paper.

A court messenger

Ink and color drawing of a fierce bald Buddhist figure in robes carrying a black staff with red tassels.

Buddhist figure

Hanging scroll of white rats and a grey mouse climbing a tall stack of woven straw rice bales.

Rats and rice bales

Ink line drawing of Fugen Bosatsu seated on a white elephant, with a lotus and halo behind the figure.

Fugen Bosatsu seated on an elephant

Ink line drawing of several horses in varied poses, including grazing and sketch studies on tan paper.

Horses

Ink wash painting of a deer seen from behind, head turned, antlers raised, on pale paper.

Deer

Painting of a white and grey crane with red legs and bill, preening beneath a raised wing on a pale grassy ground.

Crane

Ink sketch of a dancing man in loose robes beside a seated old woman holding a broom on pale paper.

Old woman seated on bench before whom a man with fan dances

Hanging scroll of a smiling woodcutter with an axe and firewood bundle, misty rocky mountains behind him.

Woodcutter