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The Actor Danjuro as Shibaraku by Katsushika Hokusai — VisualArtsDB

The Actor Danjuro as Shibaraku

The Actor Danjuro as Shibaraku

Katsushika Hokusai

1700–1899

Medium: Ink on paper
Dimensions: 9 3/4 x 13 5/8 in. (24.8 x 34.6 cm)
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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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)"

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)"

Katsushika Hokusai, 1825

Yoshida on the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō Yoshida), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Yoshida on the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō Yoshida), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1820

Transmitting the Spirit, Revealing the Form of Things: Hokusai Sketchbooks, volume 4 (Denshin kaishu: Hokusai manga, yonhen)

Transmitting the Spirit, Revealing the Form of Things: Hokusai Sketchbooks, volume 4 (Denshin kaishu: Hokusai manga, yonhen)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1819

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Nakasendo kōnosu Sōhitsu gafu

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Yellow Chrysanthemums on a Blue Ground

Yellow Chrysanthemums on a Blue Ground

Katsushika Hokusai, 1815

Chinese Boys Learning to Write and Paint

Chinese Boys Learning to Write and Paint

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The Poet Ariwara no Narihira, from the series Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen)

The Poet Ariwara no Narihira, from the series Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1805

Two Soldiers Beating Drums

Two Soldiers Beating Drums

Katsushika Hokusai, 1805

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

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

Katsushika Hokusai, 1801

Sites of the Eastern Capital at a Glance (Tōto shōkei ichiran), facsimile version by the Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Sites of the Eastern Capital at a Glance (Tōto shōkei ichiran), facsimile version by the Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Katsushika Hokusai, 1900

Wasp and turnip stalk, from "The Picture Book of Realistic Paintings of Hokusai (Hokusai shashin gafu)"

Wasp and turnip stalk, from "The Picture Book of Realistic Paintings of Hokusai (Hokusai shashin gafu)"

Katsushika Hokusai, 1809

Frogs in a Cage Before a Painted Screen, illustration for The Dry-Shallows Shell (Minasegai), from the series "A Matching Game with Genroku-period Poem Shells (Genroku kasen kai awase)"

Frogs in a Cage Before a Painted Screen, illustration for The Dry-Shallows Shell (Minasegai), from the series "A Matching Game with Genroku-period Poem Shells (Genroku kasen kai awase)"

Katsushika Hokusai, 1816