# Katsushika Hokusai

Japanese, 1760–1849

Hokusai trained in the studio of the actor-portraitist Katsukawa Shunshō and went on to work under more than thirty names across a career of some seventy years. Alongside book illustration, paintings and the sketch volumes known as Hokusai Manga, he made landscape a leading subject of ukiyo-e with Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, issued around 1830–33, in which the mountain appears from city, coast and countryside, often in the newly imported Prussian blue.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

20 works in the collection.

- [Flying Cuckoo](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/flying-cuckoo-si-fsg-f1904-187), Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1809. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.
- [Descending dragon](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/descending-dragon-si-fsg-f1904-189), Katsushika Hokusai, 1760-1849. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.
- [Six Immortals of Poetry: Fun'ya no Yasuhide](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/six-immortals-of-poetry-fun-ya-no-yasuhide-si-fsg-f1907-370), Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1806-1808. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.
- [Women and Children Viewing the Fireworks](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/women-and-children-viewing-the-fireworks-aic-24478), Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1798. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Snowy Morning from Koishikawa (Koishikawa yuki no ashita), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/snowy-morning-from-koishikawa-koishikawa-yuki-no-ashita-from-aic-24704), Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1830/33. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Sazai Hall at the Temple of the Five Hundred Arhats (Gohyakurakanji Sazaido), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/sazai-hall-at-the-temple-of-the-five-hundred-arhats-gohyakur-aic-24707), Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1830/33. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Lake Suwa in Shinano Province (Shinshu Suwako), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/lake-suwa-in-shinano-province-shinshu-suwako-from-the-series-aic-24798), Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1830/33. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Amida Falls in the Far Reaches of the Kisokaido (Kisoji no oku Amidagataki), from the series "A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri)"](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/amida-falls-in-the-far-reaches-of-the-kisokaido-kisoji-no-ok-aic-25201), Katsushika Hokusai, About 1833. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [The Back of Mount Fuji Seen from Minobu River (Minobugawa Urafuji), from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-back-of-mount-fuji-seen-from-minobu-river-minobugawa-ura-aic-86735), Katsushika Hokusai, 1830-33. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [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)"](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/under-the-wave-off-kanagawa-kanagawa-oki-nami-ura-also-known-aic-89503), Katsushika Hokusai, 1830/33. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Dyers at Work](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/dyers-at-work-cma-101863), Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1800. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Fuji from Ushibori, Province of Hitachi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/fuji-from-ushibori-province-of-hitachi-cma-120240), Katsushika Hokusai, 1760–1849. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji: The Surface of Lake Misaka in Kai Province](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/thirty-six-views-of-mt-fuji-the-surface-of-lake-misaka-in-ka-cma-152504), Katsushika Hokusai, early 1830s. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Poem by Minamoto no Muneyuki from the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by the Nurse](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/poem-by-minamoto-no-muneyuki-from-the-series-one-hundred-poe-cma-152506), Katsushika Hokusai, 1835–36. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Grasshopper and Iris](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/grasshopper-and-iris-met-37192), Katsushika Hokusai, late 1820s. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), or The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/under-the-wave-off-kanagawa-kanagawa-oki-nami-ura-or-the-gre-met-39799), Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830–32. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [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 sanjūrokkei)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/under-the-wave-off-kanagawa-kanagawa-oki-nami-ura-also-known-met-45434), Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830–32. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Cherry Shell, from the series Genroku Poetry Shell Games](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/cherry-shell-from-the-series-genroku-poetry-shell-games-met-54194), Katsushika Hokusai, probably 1821. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Miyako Shell](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/miyako-shell-met-54195), Katsushika Hokusai, probably 1821. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Yōrō Waterfall in Mino Province (Mino no Yōrō no taki), from the series A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/yoro-waterfall-in-mino-province-mino-no-yoro-no-taki-from-th-met-56146), Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1832. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.