Friday 14 November 2014

Katsushika Hokusai – part 17

Hokusai Sketchbook
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Katsushika Hokusai (1760 – 1849) was a Japanese ukiyo-e (pictures of the floating world) painter and printmaker and painter, born in Edo (now Tokyo), and is best known for his woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji c. 1830-35 which includes the internationally recognized print The Great Wave off Kanagawa.

Hokusai created the series both as a response to a domestic travel boom and as part of a personal obsession with Mount Fuji itself. It was this series that secured Hokusai’s fame both in Japan and overseas.

This is part 17 of a 19 - part post on the works Katsushika Hokusai. For full biographical notes see part 1 and for earlier works see parts 1 - 16 also.




1795-1812c Plum Tree and Bamboo Grass 
colour woodblock print 18.4 x 50.1 cm

1795-1812c Turtles and Reflected Plum Branch 
colour woodblock print 18.6 x 51.8 cm

Note: The remainder of the images in this series of posts by Hokusai are not dated:




n.d. An Autumn Gift 
colour woodblock print 19.5 x 52.8 cm 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

n.d. attributed to Night Watchmen Under Maple Tree 
colour woodblock print 18 x 47.8 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

n.d. Blossoming Cherry Trees by a Stream 
colour woodblock print 19.1 x 54 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

n.d. Cock, Hen, Chicks and Blossoming Azalea Bushes 
colour woodblock print 19.4 x 52.8 cm

n.d. Ferry Boat 
colour woodblock print 19.5 x 55.5 cm

n.d. Firewood Gatherers Returning from their Work 
colour woodblock print 17.6 x 49.2 cm

n.d. Ladies on the Veranda of a Nobleman's House Watching Attendants Sweeping Up Fallen Cherry Petals 
colour woodblock print 19 x 51.6 cm

n.d. Ladies Trading with a Pedlar of Cosmetics and Accessories 
colour woodblock print 19.6 x 52.7 cm

n.d. Ladies with Young Pine Trees and Mount Fuji 
colour woodblock print 18.5 x 50.5 cm

n.d. Materials for Flower Arrangement 
colour woodblock print 17.9 x 49.3 cm

n.d. Nobleman and Attendants Watching the Sunrise 
colour woodblock print 19.8 x 52.8 cm

n.d. Nobleman Watching Servant Throw Bundles of Faggots into a Stream to Protect the Bank 
colour woodblock print 20 x 54.1 cm

n.d. On the Shore of Shinobazu Pond 
colour woodblock print 22 x 51.5 cm

n.d. Pheasants Under Cherry Tree 
colour woodblock print 20 x 55.2 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

n.d. Scene in May: The Boys' Festival 
colour woodblock print 19.3 x 52.5 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

n.d. Seven Gods of Good Fortune in a Lion Dance 
colour woodblock print 20.2 x 53.1 cm

n.d. The Spirits of the Pine Trees of Takasago and Sumiyoshi Greeting the Rising Sun on New Year Morning 
colour woodblock print 18.4 x 52.9 cm

n.d. Treasure Boat Laden with Rice Bales and Warehouses with the Names of the Lucky Things to Dream About at New Year 
colour woodblock print 18.9 x 50.2 cm

n.d. Two Women and Small Child Catching Goldfish 
colour woodblock print 17.6 x 51.2 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

n.d. Two Women Spooling Silk Accompanied by Child 
colour woodblock print 17.6 x 53.8 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

n.d. Visitors to the Inari Shrine at Oji 
colour woodblock print 18.6 x 51 cm

n.d. Women and Children on an Excursion 
colour woodblock print 19 x 51.7 cm

n.d. Young Girl Dancing at a Nobleman's Mansion 
colour woodblock print 19.1 x 53.3 cm


n.d. ( attributed to ) Evening Bell of the Wind Chime from the series Eight VIews of the Parlor 
colour woodblock print 9.1 x 12.2 cm

n.d. ( attributed to ) Parody of Narihira's Journey to the East 
colour woodblock print 24.1 x 38.3 cm

n.d. ( attributed to ) The Peak of Mount Fuji  
colour woodblock print 25.8 x 38.2 cm

n.d. ( attributed to ) Travellers at Enoshima 
colour woodblock print

n.d. ( attributed to ) Two Birds and Waves 
colour woodblock print 24.2 x 33.5 cm 24.2 x 33.5 cm

n.d. ( attributed to ) Two Women Reading by a kotatsu: Snow-covered Trees Outside Window 
colour woodblock print 9.5 x 12.4 cm

n.d. ( attributed to ) Urashima Taro and Oto-hime, the Dragon King's Daughter 
colour woodblock print 24.5 x 36.8 cm

n.d. ( attributed to ) Woman with Carrying Pole and Baskets of Clams 
colour woodblock print 18.6 x 12.7 cm

n.d. ( Attributed to ) Women and Child with Puppy
 colour woodblock print

n.d. A Courtesan on Parade, Dressed in Many Robes 
colour woodblock print 35.6 x 16.2 cm

n.d. A Ferry boat Crossing the Bay 
colour woodblock print 21.6 x 33.8 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

n.d. A Modern Version of Ushiwakamaru Serenading Joruri-hime 
colour woodblock print 24.8 x 39.8 cm

n.d. A Warrior 
woodblock print 37.9 x 26.2 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

n.d. An Assortment of Famous Mountains 
colour woodblock print 26 x 36.8 cm

n.d. An Illustrated Life of Nichiren Vol. 2:


n.d. An Illustrated Life of Nichiren Vol. 2 
cover 25.7 x 18.1 cm

n.d. An Illustrated Life of Nichiren Vol. 2 
woodblock prints 25.7 x 18.1 cm

n.d. An Illustrated Life of Nichiren Vol. 2 
woodblock prints 25.7 x 18.1 cm

n.d. An Illustrated Life of Nichiren Vol. 2 
woodblock prints 25.7 x 18.1 cm

n.d. Illustrated Life of Nichiren Vol. 2 
woodblock prints 18.1 x 25.7 cm

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n.d. An Outing by the River in Autumn 
colour woodblock print 26.8 x 39.1 cm

n.d. Attire 
colour woodblock print 14.3 x 19.1 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

n.d. ( attributed to ) Blue-and-White Bowl with Dandelions and Shears, with poem by Shinshôtei Shigenari 
colour woodblock print 21 x 18.2 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

n.d. ( attributed to ) Cherry Blossoms, with poem by Tawara no Komemori 
colour woodblock print 21.7 x 18.2 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

n.d. ( attributed to ) Imperial Dragon Boat, with poems by Rokujuan Fukumaro and Shuchodo  
colour woodblock print 21.1 x 18.1 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

n.d. ( attributed to ) Plum Branch 
colour woodblock print 16.8 x 24.8 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

n.d. ( attributed to ) Reclining Man 
 ink on paper 19.2 x 29.2 cm  
British Museum, London

n.d. ( attributed to ) Two Crabs by Stream, with poems by Bunshôsha Ashichika, Fumi no Kaname, Bunryudo Wasui and Bunbunsha 
colour woodblock print 21.4 x 18.3 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

n.d. ( attributed to ) Two Seated Men Conversing with Standing Woman and Attendants 
colour woodblock print 38.4 x 51.7 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

n.d. ( attributed to ) Two Women Standing between Trees / Shôdoshima Island in Sanuki Province, with poems by Jû Tokubi and Futabatei Shigefumi 
colour woodblock print 22.7 x 17.2 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

n.d. Autumn Leaves 
colour woodblock print 21.2 x 25.8 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

n.d. Beauties of the Three Cities, with poems by Kokintei Yurahito, Mantotei Takomaru and an Associate 
colour woodblock print 13.5 x 19 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

n.d. Birds 
colour woodblock print 
British Museum, London

n.d. Boy Mending a Kite by a Stream 
colour woodblock print 
British Museum, London

n.d. Chie No Mine, Fruit of the Sea
 ink on paper 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

n.d. Chie No Mine, Fruit of the Sea 
ink on paper 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

n.d. Chrysanthemum Spray 
colour woodblock print 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

n.d. Cock, Hen, and Nadeshiko ( Dianthus Superbus ) 
colour woodblock print 24.8 x 36.8 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

n.d. Cockerel and Hen
 ink and colour sketch on paper 30.8 x 50.5 cm 
British Museum, London

n.d. Court Lady behind Curtain, with poems by Tamaboko no Michimaro, Arakane no Tsuchimaro and Oya no Atotsugi
 colour woodblock print 20.2 x 13.2 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

n.d. Court Lady Holding Fan Behind Sliding Door, with poem by Yukinoya Torikane 
colour woodblock print 20.5 x 14 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

n.d. Court Lady Standing by Bamboo Curtain, with poems by Aoyagi Naoyoshi and Rokatei Hanamori 
colour woodblock print 19.2 x 17.1 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

n.d. Courtesan, Guest, and Pet Monkey 
colour woodblock print 21 x 18 cm

n.d. Crayfish 
colour woodblock print 19.4 x 53.7 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

n.d. Decorations for the Doll Festival 
colour woodblock print 25.8 x 38.3 cm 
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA