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Nio the Guardian by Katsushika Hokusai — VisualArtsDB

Nio the Guardian

Nio the Guardian

Katsushika Hokusai

1760–1849

Medium: Ink on paper
Dimensions: 15 3/8 x 10 13/16 in. (39.1 x 27.5 cm)
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Clearing Weather at Awazu (Awazu no seiran), from the series Eight Views of Omi in Etching Style (Doban Omi hakkei)

Clearing Weather at Awazu (Awazu no seiran), from the series Eight Views of Omi in Etching Style (Doban Omi hakkei)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1799

Fuji Seen in the Distance from Senju Pleasure Quarter (Senju kagai yori chōbō no Fuji), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Fuji Seen in the Distance from Senju Pleasure Quarter (Senju kagai yori chōbō no Fuji), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1820

Mochi Making

Mochi Making

Katsushika Hokusai, 1845

Kanaya, from an untitled series of the fifty-three stations of the Tokaido

Kanaya, from an untitled series of the fifty-three stations of the Tokaido

Katsushika Hokusai, 1799

Ehon Hayabiki

Ehon Hayabiki

Katsushika Hokusai

Shower at the New Yanagi Bridge

Shower at the New Yanagi Bridge

Katsushika Hokusai, 1806

Shichirigahama Beach in Sagami Province (Shoshu Shichirigahama), from the series "Thiry-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Shichirigahama Beach in Sagami Province (Shoshu Shichirigahama), from the series "Thiry-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Katsushika Hokusai, 1825

The Story of Aoto Fujitsuna (Aoto Fujitsuna moryōan) 青砥藤綱模稜案

The Story of Aoto Fujitsuna (Aoto Fujitsuna moryōan) 青砥藤綱模稜案

Katsushika Hokusai, 1811

Lives of Courtesans at Itako (Itako zekku) 潮来絶句

Lives of Courtesans at Itako (Itako zekku) 潮来絶句

Katsushika Hokusai, 1802

A Warrior

A Warrior

Katsushika Hokusai, 1760

Transmitting the Spirit, Revealing the Form of Things: Hokusai Sketchbooks, volume 9 (Denshin kaishu: Hokusai manga, kyūhen)

Transmitting the Spirit, Revealing the Form of Things: Hokusai Sketchbooks, volume 9 (Denshin kaishu: Hokusai manga, kyūhen)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1819

Nippori, from the illustrated book "Picture Book of Amusements of the East (Ehon Azuma asobi)"

Nippori, from the illustrated book "Picture Book of Amusements of the East (Ehon Azuma asobi)"

Katsushika Hokusai, 1797