Tuesday 28 October 2014

Katsushika Hokusai – part 9

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 9 of a 19 - part post on the works Katsushika Hokusai. For full biographical notes see part 1 and for earlier works see parts 1 - 8 also.



1822 Woman Reading a Book 
colour woodblock print 21.5 x 19 cm 
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota

1823c Stone: A Woman makes a Miniature Mosel of Mount Fuji 
colour woodblock print 
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1824 Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Asahina and Ichikawa Monnosuke III as Tsukisayo 
colour woodblock print 21 x 18.5 cm

1824 Kabuki Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô 7th as Kudô Sukeyasu and Iwai Hanshirô 5th as Maizuru, with poems by Kaentei Shigeki, Mikasaan Tsukiyoshi and Shôfûdai 
colour woodblock print 22.1 x 18.4 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1824 Kabuki Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô 7th as Soga no Gorô and Iwai Shijaku 1st as Kewaizaka no Shôshô, with poems by Bunkeisha Shiomichi, Bunseisha Harushige, and Bunsaisha Fudemaru 
colour woodblock print 22 x 18.4 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1825 Daikoku Lifting Rice Bales, with Chickens 
colour woodblock print 21.1 x 18.3 cm

1825c A Cutter and a Printer of Suri Mono 
colour woodblock print 
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1825c Sparrows and Chrysanthemums 
colour woodblock print 21.6 x 27.5 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1825c Sparrows sketch for a woodblock print
ink and colour on paper 17.9 x 30.2 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1825c Yellow Chrysanthemums on a Blue Ground 
colour woodblock print 35.2 x 11.6 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1827 Cherry Blossoms and Warbler ( woodblock? ) 
Guimet Museum, Paris


1825c A Set of Seven for the Katsushika Club 

(only found three here):

1825c A Woman Holding a Letter Box, from the series "A Set of Seven for the Katsushika Club" 
colour woodblock with metallic pigments 21.1 x 18.3 cm 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1825c A Woman Pulling the Cord of a Wheeled Book Case, from the series "A Set of Seven for the Katsushika Club" 
colour woodblock with metallic pigments 21.1 x 18.2 cm 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1825c A Woman with a Poem Card, from the series "A Set of Seven for the Katsushika Club" 
colour woodblock with metallic pigments 20 x 16.8 cm 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1827-34 Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces:

1827-30 Tenpōzan at the Mouth of the Aji River in Settsu Province 
colour woodblock print 25.4 x 37.1 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1830c The Arched Bridge at Kameido Tenjin Shrine 
colour woodblock print 25.7 x 38.4 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1830c The Hanging-cloud Bridge at Mount Gyōdō near Ashikaga
 colour woodblock print 24.1 x 35.7 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

 Different colour-way:

1830c The Hanging-cloud Bridge at Mount Gyōdō near Ashikaga 
colour woodblock print 25.7 x 38.4 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1830c Togetsu Bridge at Arashiyama in Yamashiro 
colour woodblock print 26.4 x 38.7 cm 
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1834 Kintai Bridge in Suo Province from the series “Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces" 
colour woodblock print 26.2 x 38.5 cm 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1834 Settsu Aji-gawa-guchi Tempozan, from the series “Shokoku Meikyo Kiran” 
colour woodblock print 25.2 x 37.3 cm 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1834c Ancient View of Yatsuhashi in Mikawa Province from the series "Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces"
 colour woodblock print 23.2 x 37.1 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Fukui Bridge in Echizen Province 
colour woodblock print 24.8 x 36.8 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Old View of the Boat-bridge at Sano in Kōzuke Province 
colour woodblock print 25.7 x 39.4 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Tenman Bridge at Settsu Province 
colour woodblock print 25.7 x 38.4 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Suspension Bridge on the Border of Hida and Etchū Provinces 
colour woodblock print 25.7 x 38.4 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Yahagi Bridge at Okazaki on the Tōkaidō 
colour woodblock print 25.9 x 38.3 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1828 Ehon teikin ôrai:


1828 Cherry-blossom Viewing, from Vol. 1 of the book Ehon teikin ôrai 
woodblock print a: 11.3 x 12.3 cm 
b:11.3 x 12.4 cm

1828 Chiense Children and Musicians in a Tower, from Vol. 1 of the book Ehon teikin ôrai 
woodblock print 7.8 x 12.3 cm

1828 Court Scene, from Vol. 1 of the book Ehon teikin ôrai
 woodblock print a: 11.3 x 12.3 cm 
b: 11.5 x 12.7 cm

1828 Drying Leaves, from Vol. 1 of the book Ehon teikin ôrai
 woodblock print 18.5 x 6.5 cm

1828 Embroiderers, from Vol. 1 of the book Ehon teikin ôrai 
woodblock print 10.1 x 12.6 cm

1828 Farmer Leading an Ox across a River, from Vol. 1 of the book Ehon teikin ôrai 
woodblock print 9.5 x 12.4 cm

1828 Fortune-teller in the Yoshiwara, from Vol. 1 of the book Ehon teikin ôrai 
woodblock print 18.6 x 6.2 cm

1828 Gardeners at Work, from Vol. 1 of the book Ehon teikin ôrai 
woodblock print 18.4 x 6.8 cm

1828 In Front of the Ebisuya Drygoods Store, from Vol. 1 of the book Ehon teikin ôrai 
woodblock print a. 10.9 x 12.3 cm 
b. 10.8 x 12.4 cm

1828 Making Mochi, from Vol. 1 of the book Ehon teikin ôrai 
woodblock print 7.5 x 12.5 cm

1828 Man Painting with Two Brushes, from Vol. 1 of the book Ehon teikin ôrai 
woodblock print 9.8 x 12.5 cm

1828 Papermaking, from Vol. 1 of the book Ehon teikin ôrai 
woodblock print 10.8 x 12.7 cm

1828 Reading and Writing, from Vol. 1 of the book Ehon teikin ôrai 
woodblock print 18.4 x  6.2 cm

1828 Sculptors Carving a Lion, from Vol. 1 of the book Ehon teikin ôrai 
woodblock print 10.3 x 12.5 cm

1828 Sericulture, from Vol. 1 of the book Ehon teikin ôrai 
woodblock print 10.1 x 12.4 cm

1828 Street Scene with Lion Dancer outside a Carver's Shop, from Vol. 1 of the book Ehon teikin ôrai 
woodblock print a: 10.5 x 12.3 cm 
b: 10.5 x 12.5 cm

1828 The Shop of Nishimuraya Yohachi, from Vol. 1 of the book Ehon teikin ôrai 
woodblock print 12.4 x 12.3 cm

1828 Travelling Priest and Statue of Jizô, from Vol. 1 of the book Ehon teikin ôrai 
woodblock print 18.7 x 6.3 cm

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1828c Falcon and Sun 
colour woodblock print 70.2 x 23.4 cm

1829 Oiko Pouring Sake for a Warrior 
colour woodblock print 21.6 x 18.4 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1829 Picture Book of the Loyal Heroes of the Suikoden 
woodblock print 22.9 x 15.6 cm

1829 Women on the Beach at Enoshima 
colour woodblock print 20.5 x 17.9 cm

1829c Ki no Natora and Ôtomo no Yoshio Wrestling 
colour woodblock print with metallic pigments 21.5 x 18.8 cm

1830 Matsukaze ( Theatre Programme ) 
colour woodblock print 44 x 56.4 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1830-33c Rooster, Hen and Chicken with Spiderwort 
colour woodblock print 22.9 x 29.2 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1830-33c Sea Lane off Kazusa Province 
colour woodblock print 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1830-36c Mount Fuji from Lake Ashi in Hakone 
colour woodblock print with metallic pigments 21.9 x 18.2 cm 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1830-50c Man Walking to the Left 
ink wash and colour sketch 26.8 x 19.3 cm 
Library of Congress, Washington, DC

1830s ( attributed to ) Bird on Plum Branch under a Full Moon 
colour woodblock print 34.7 x 7.3 cm

1830s A Woman and Baby 
monochrome woodblock print 26.7 x 37.5 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1831 Fan print Two Carp 
colour woodblock print 18.5 x 23.5 cm 
Musée National des Arts Asiatiques-Guimet, Paris

1831c Finch on Hibiscus, from an untitled series of blue ( aizuri ) prints 
colour woodblock print 21.8 x 16.4 cm

1831c Giant Bamboo Shoot Appearing from the Snow, from an untitled series of blue ( aizuri ) prints 
colour woodblock print 22.7 x 16.5 cm

1831c Moonlit Landscape, from an untitled series of blue ( aizuri ) prints 
colour woodblock print 22.8 x 16.7 cm


1831-32 One Hundred Ghost Stories:

1831-32 Laughing Demoness from the series "One Hundred Ghost Stories" 
colour woodblock print 26.9 x 19.3 cm

1831-32 The Ghost of Oiwa from the series: "One Hundred Ghost Stories" 
colour woodblock print 26.3 x 18.9 cm

1831-32c Haunted Revenge from the series "One Hundred Stories" 
colour woodblock print 24.3 x 18.5 cm 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1831-32c Kohada Koheiji, from the series "One Hundred Stories" 
colour woodblock print 25.6 x 18.1 cm 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1831-32c The Home of Dishes from the series "One Hundred Stories 
colour woodblock print 25.5 x 18.6 cm 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

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