Katsushika Hokusai

Falcon in flight

Falcon in flight https://www.wikiart.org/en/katsushika-hokusai/falcon-in-flight

Flowers and water lilies in the Mangwe, Tome

Flowers and water lilies in the Mangwe, Tome https://www.wikiart.org/en/katsushika-hokusai/flowers-and-water-lilies-in-the-mangwe-tome

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel

People Viewing Chrysanthemum Exhibit https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/207148

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Nickerson

Two women stretching cloth https://www.artic.edu/artworks/57289/

In addition to his commercial woodblock designs for mass consumption, Hokusai made a large number of surimono, or deluxe prints for private clients. This print was once part of an announcement, program, or poetry compilation, but the accompanying information that might have identified the purpose has been trimmed away. The scene shows a goldfish vendor by her tank under the trees. The Japanese first imported goldfish from China in the 16th century, fascinated by their novelty and shimmering colors. By the early 19th century, goldfish had become affordable pets for ordinary citizens. Every summer, they were a popular commodity because, psychologically at least, viewing fish swimming in delicate glass bowls tempered the heat. In this print, a little boy excitedly holds up a glass container, perhaps pleading with his mother to buy a goldfish.

Goldfish Vendor https://collections.artsmia.org/art/20077/

Seated Woman with Shamisen

Seated Woman with Shamisen https://www.wikiart.org/en/katsushika-hokusai/seated-woman-with-shamisen

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel

Fuji under the Moon (Gekka no Fuji): Half of detatched page from One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei) Vol. 2 https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/147768

Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013

Picture Book of The Tōshisen (Chinese verses by Takai Ranzan), Series Seven https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/78806

Bruce Goff Archive, gift of Shin'enkan, Inc.

Mount Tenpo at the Mouth of the Aji River in Settsu Province (Sesshu Ajikawaguchi Tenpozan), from the series "Unusual Views of Famous Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyo kiran)" https://www.artic.edu/artworks/196804/

Gift of Chester W. Wright

The Poet Ariwara no Narihira, from the series Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen) https://www.artic.edu/artworks/13243/

Street scenes newly pubished

Street scenes newly pubished https://www.wikiart.org/en/katsushika-hokusai/street-scenes-newly-pubished-1

Rogers Fund, 1914

Poem by Minamoto no Muneyuki Ason, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/53920

Manga

Manga https://www.wikiart.org/en/katsushika-hokusai/manga-6

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel

Reflection in Lake Misaka, Kai Province (Kōshū Misaka suimen), from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/206941

Title page is decorated with a lot of flowers

Title page is decorated with a lot of flowers https://www.wikiart.org/en/katsushika-hokusai/title-page-is-decorated-with-a-lot-of-flowers

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel

Groups of Mountain Climbers (Shojin tozan) at the Summit of Mount Fuji, from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/206836

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold G. Henderson

Evening bell at Mii Temple https://www.artic.edu/artworks/29490/

Gift of Joan R. Whittaker

Fugaku hyakkei (100 Views of Mt. Fuji) https://www.artic.edu/artworks/192270/

A high-ranking minister, Toru (822–895) was the son of an emperor. In this scene, he enjoys the company of two other men in his landscape garden overlooking the water. Here Hokusai may have illustrated a poem by Toru that mentions boats floating on the water in bright moonlight, shaded by the pines.

The Minister Toru Daijin Standing by a Lake Beneath a Crescent Moon, from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poetry https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1142

Woman of Ōhara with Firewood Bundle and Kite

Woman of Ōhara with Firewood Bundle and Kite https://collections.artsmia.org/art/62817/

The play "Offering Pails of Water" centers on a love affair between a young beautiful woman and an older married man. They first meet at Mibudera Temple where the woman comes every day to offer a pail of water to the deity of the temple. For this print, Hokusai depicted the moment when the man fell in love with the woman. The man's obvious excitement comically contrasts with the woman's indifference. In 1793, shortly after his teacher's death, Hokusai left the Katsukawa School and joined another studio founded by the painter Tawaraya Søri. Nevertheless, his association with the Katsukawa School had a profound effect on his development as an artist.

Flower Thief https://collections.artsmia.org/art/62904/

For this print, Hokusai was inspired by a play dramatizing a popular ritual performed on setsubun, the eve of the first day of spring in the old lunar calendar. On this day, people in Japan scatter dried beans in their houses to drive out bad luck. In the play, a demon personifies an evil spirit who has come into a widow's house, even though she had created a protective talisman. The clever woman offers the demon sake (rice wine) and he soon becomes drunk. In the end, she successfully drives him away by throwing beans at him. For this print, Hokusai depicted the last scene, with the woman holding her box of beans and the demon on bended knee clutching at her. The triumphant smile on her face and the gesture by the masked actor who played the demon shows the happy ending of the play.

The Day Before the Beginning of Spring https://collections.artsmia.org/art/62728/

Clarence Buckingham Collection

Visitors to the Hachiman shrine https://www.artic.edu/artworks/24461/

Nihonbashi bridge in Edo

Nihonbashi bridge in Edo https://www.wikiart.org/en/katsushika-hokusai/nihonbashi-bridge-in-edo

Gift of Annette Young, in memory of her brother, Innis Young, 1956

Yorimasa Killing Nue https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/57253

Clarence Buckingham Collection

Shirasuka, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)" https://www.artic.edu/artworks/2969/

The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936

The Ninth-Month Kabuki Dance "Kikujido" https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/45494

omohan ai-zuri

The Waterfall at Ono on the Kisokaidō https://collections.artsmia.org/art/22460/

Landscape with two falconers

Landscape with two falconers https://www.wikiart.org/en/katsushika-hokusai/landscape-with-two-falconers

Gift of Helen C. Gunsaulus

Visiting Oji Inari Shrine https://www.artic.edu/artworks/81218/