Katsushika Hokusai was born in 1760 in Edo, now the Sumida district of Tokyo. He is considered Japan's most famous artist. His most famous work is probably the woodblock print "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" (1830) from the cycle "36 Views of Mount Fuji" (1829-1833). His works are assigned to the genre of ukiyo-e. It means "pictures of the flowing world", an animated, interconnected world in its eternal cycle of becoming and passing away. Hokusai drew, painted and printed nature and landscape paintings, portraits, everyday scenes and erotic depictions. The term "manga" also goes back to him. This was the name he gave to his sketchbooks of everyday scenes from the Edo period.
Katsushika Hokusai gave himself over 30 different artist names during his life. Between 1834 and 1849, he signed his works "Gakyo-rojin", Japanese for "Old man crazy about painting".
"At the age of 100 I will have reached an excellent rank, and at 110 every dot, every line will have a life of its own. I only hope that some people will grow old enough to realize the truth of my words."
Although he was not granted the 110 years of life, the prolific and grandiose artist left behind over 30,000 works. The magic of his visually powerful and subtle works continues to this day.
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.jpg "Shichiri Beach in Sagami Province by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "Shinshū Suwa-ko by Katsushika Hokusai")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-394074).jpg "The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-368837).jpg "Boy viewing Mount Fuji, 1839 by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "The Great Wave of Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "The Great Wave off the Coast of Kanagawa, c1829-c1831 by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "The Dragon among Clouds by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "Ejiri in Suruga Province by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "The Dream of the Fisherman")
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.jpg "Reflection in the Surface of the Water, Misaka, Kai Province from the Series Thirty-Six Views of Mt Fuji, 1830-1833 by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "Red Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "Feminine Wave by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "Woman Holding a Fan by Katsushika Hokusai")
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_also_known_as_the_Great_Wave_-_(MeisterDrucke-857432).jpg "Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa-oki nami-ura), also known as the Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei) by Katsushika Hokusai")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-308028).jpg "Iris Flowers and Grasshopper by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "Yoro Waterfall, Mino Province, from the Series A Journey to the Waterfalls of all the Provinces by Katsushika Hokusai")
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_from_-_(MeisterDrucke-1301462).jpg "Amida Falls in the Far Reaches of the Kisokaido, from the series")
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.jpg "Under the Wave off Kanagawa, also known as The Great Wave, ca. 1830-32 by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "Morning Glories and Tree Frog, from the untitled series known as Large Flowers, c.1833-34 by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "Irises with a Grasshopper, pub.1830 by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "Fuji from Gotenyama at Shinagawa on the Tokaido, from the series The Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-229672).jpg "Breaking Waves, Edo Period, 1847 by Katsushika Hokusai")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-183852).jpg "The Suna Lake by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "Black-Naped Oriole and China Rose, c. 1833 by Katsushika Hokusai")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-906869).jpg "Studies of Horses, c.1815-1849 by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "The Dream of the Fisherman")
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.jpg "The Great Wave of Kanagawa, from the Series")
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.jpg "Amida Waterfall on the Kiso Highway, from the series")
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.jpg "Minister Toru from the Series")
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.jpg "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji: The Great Wave Off the Coast of Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "Kajikazawa in Kai Province, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "Cranes on Pine by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "Red Shoki, the Demon Queller by Katsushika Hokusai")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-959472).jpg "Kingfisher, Irises and Pinks by Katsushika Hokusai")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-108035).jpg "Moon, Persimmon and Grasshopper, 1807 by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "Plum Blossom and the Moon from the Book Mount Fuji in Spring by Katsushika Hokusai")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-926884).jpg "Ejiri in the Suruga province by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "Hakone Lake in Sagami Province by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "Plum Estate, Kameido by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "Two Wild Geese by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "Orange Orchids, from an Untitled Series of Flowers by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "Sayama-ga-ike Pond in Musashi Province by Katsushika Hokusai")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-926842).jpg "Lake Suwa in the Shinano Province by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "Peonies and Butterfly, from an Untitled Series of Large Flowers by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "South Wind and Clear Morning by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "Pilgrims at Kirifuri Waterfall on Mount Kurokami in Shimotsuke Province by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "Kajikazawa in Kai Province by Katsushika Hokusai")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-906965).jpg "The Suspension Bridge Between Hida and Etchu by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "A Colored Version of the Big Wave by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "The Hanging-cloud Bridge at Mount Gyodo near Ashikaga by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "Young Woman Reading the Pillow Book by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "Poppies by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "Tama River in Musashi Province by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "Horseman in Snow, 1833-1834 by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "Under Mannen Bridge at Fukagawa by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "Erotic Scene by Katsushika Hokusai")
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Fuk_-_(MeisterDrucke-1365479).jpg "Man and Woman Making Love on a Carpet by Katsushika Hokusai")
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_from_the_series_A_Tour_of_Wat_-_(MeisterDrucke-1275489).jpg "Yoro Falls in Mino Province, from the series \"A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces\" by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "A Courtier on the Balcony of a Chinese Pavilion Looking in the Distance on a Moonlit Night, from the series \"A Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Verse\" by Katsushika Hokusai")
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_from_an_untitled_series_of_flow_-_(MeisterDrucke-1297566).jpg "Bullfinch and Weeping Cherry, from an untitled series of flowers and birds by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "Yoshitsune’s Horse-Washing Falls at Yoshino in Yamato Province, from the series Tour of the Waterfalls in Various Provinces by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "The Great Wave off Kanagawa from the series")
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Fukujuso_(series_title)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1364091).jpg "Kissing Fisherman and Diver (The Adonis Plant series) by Katsushika Hokusai")
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_also_known_as_The_Great_Wave_-_(MeisterDrucke-1293223).jpg "Under the Wave off Kanagawa, also known as The Great Wave, from the series \"Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji\" by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "Jo Nei, Nicknamed")
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.jpg "Saramaru Dayu, from the series")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-638157).jpg "Sketches of Buddhist Priests by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "Two Oni Demons, 1830-1839 by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "The Great Wave off Kanagawa, from the series")
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_from_the_series_T_-_(MeisterDrucke-1299743).jpg "Beneath Mannen Bridge in Fukagawa from the series \"Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji\" by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "Manga: Studies of Gestures and Postures of Wrestlers by Katsushika Hokusai")
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_from_the_series_Thirty-six_Views_of_Moun_-_(MeisterDrucke-1302497).jpg "Ejiri in Suruga Province, from the series")
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.jpg "Horseman in Snow, from the series")
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.jpg "Kakegawa from the Series")
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.jpg "The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "Umezawa Manor in Sagami Province, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "Lake Suwa in the Shinano province, 1830-1833 by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "Poppies, from an Untitled Series of Flowers by Katsushika Hokusai")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-142620).jpg "Bullfinch and Weeping Cherry-Tree, pub. c.1834 by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "A Wild Sea at Choshi, illustration from")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-321284).jpg "Undersea creatures, from a Manga by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "A Shower Below the Summit, from the series, Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, ca 1823 by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "Archers by Katsushika Hokusai")
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.jpg "Chrysanthemums and Horsefly, c. 1832 by Katsushika Hokusai")
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