Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎

Illustrated Book of Views from Both Banks of the Sumida River

Tokyo National Museum · Edo period, 19th century

Painting

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)"

Art Institute of Chicago · 1830/33

Color woodblock print; oban · woodblock print

Cranes on snow-covered pine

Art Institute of Chicago · c. 1834

Color woodblock print; vertical nagaban · woodblock print

Shower Below the Summit (Sanka hakuu), from the series "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Art Institute of Chicago · c. 1830/33

Color woodblock print, oban · woodblock print

Poem by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, from One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by an Old Nurse

Cleveland Museum of Art · 1835–36

color woodblock print

Hara, from the series ""Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)""

Art Institute of Chicago · c. 1806

Color woodblock print; chuban · woodblock print

Odawara, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

Art Institute of Chicago · c. 1806

Color woodblock print; chuban · woodblock print

Sakanoshita, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

Art Institute of Chicago · c. 1806

Color woodblock print; chuban · woodblock print

Kohada Koheiji, from the series "One Hundred Ghost Tales (Hyaku monogatari)"

Art Institute of Chicago · 1831-32

Color woodblock print; chuban · woodblock print

Shinagawa, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

Art Institute of Chicago · c. 1806

Color woodblock print; chuban · woodblock print

Chrysanthemum and Horsefly, from an untitled series of Large Flowers

Art Institute of Chicago · c. 1831–33

Color woodblock print, oban · woodblock print

Fuchu, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

Art Institute of Chicago · c. 1806

Color woodblock print; chuban · woodblock print

Studies of Horses, Cats and Rats (from "Hokusai Manga")

Seattle Art Museum · ca. 1815-1849

Ink and color on paper

South Wind, Clear Dawn (Gaifu kaisei), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)

Seattle Art Museum · ca. 1830-32

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

In the Well of the Wave off Kanagawa, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji

Seattle Art Museum · 1830-32

The Poem of Ariwara no Narihira (Ariwara no Narihira Ason)

Seattle Art Museum · ca. 1838

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Yoshida on the Tōkaidō, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji

Seattle Art Museum · ca. 1830-32

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Manga of Hokusai

Tokyo National Museum · Dated 1878 (Meiji 11)

Japanese Books

Boat Fighting with Waves

Tokyo National Museum · Edo period, 19th century

Painting

South Wind, Clear Weather

Minneapolis Institute of Art · 1830–33

Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper · Prints

Man and Woman Admiring Mount Fuji from a Snowy Pavilion

Arthur M. Sackler Museum · Edo period, after 1833

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper · Prints

First Dream of the New Year

Arthur M. Sackler Museum · c. 1825

Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color and metallic pigments on paper · Prints

Cranes on the Seashore/The Reed Shell (Ashigai), from the series "Shell-Matching Game with Genroku Poets" (Genroku kasen kai-awase)

Arthur M. Sackler Museum · 1821

Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, gold, metallic pigment, and embossing on paper…

Fujieda, Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Fujieda, Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi), detached page from The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō: A Picture Book of Highway Bells (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi: Ehon ekiro no suzu)

Arthur M. Sackler Museum · c. 1808-1813

Detached page from a woodblock-printed book; ink and color on paper ·…