Styles Genres Museums Artists Support

An open visual arts database with 625,000+ artworks, 56,000+ artists, and 850+ styles spanning centuries of human creativity.

Browse

Styles
Genres
Museums
Artists
Favorites

Popular Styles

Impressionism
Romanticism
Surrealism
Pop Art
Cubism
Realism

Museums

Art Institute of Chicago
MoMA
Rijksmuseum
Cleveland Museum of Art
The MET
Louvre

VisualArtsDB is free and open for everyone.

Support the project

© 2026 VisualArtsDB

Rochishin Chopping Off the Head of Nio by Katsushika Hokusai — VisualArtsDB

Rochishin Chopping Off the Head of Nio

Rochishin Chopping Off the Head of Nio

Katsushika Hokusai

1700–1899

Medium: Ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 10 5/8 x 15 3/8 in. (27 x 39.1 cm)
Genre: Painting
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Tags

menswords

More by Katsushika Hokusai

Women on a Veranda Stretching Cloth to Dry

Women on a Veranda Stretching Cloth to Dry

Katsushika Hokusai, 1794

Bai Juyi (Japanese: Hakurakuten), from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)"

Bai Juyi (Japanese: Hakurakuten), from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)"

Katsushika Hokusai, 1828

Woman Folding Cloth

Woman Folding Cloth

Katsushika Hokusai, 1760

Poem by Ariwara no Narihira, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

Poem by Ariwara no Narihira, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1839

View of Saruhashi (Monkey Bridge)

View of Saruhashi (Monkey Bridge)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1816

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

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

Katsushika Hokusai, 1801

Kintai Bridge in Suō Province (Suō no kuni Kintaibashi), from the series Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyō kiran)

Kintai Bridge in Suō Province (Suō no kuni Kintaibashi), from the series Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyō kiran)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1827

Lady in a Chariot

Lady in a Chariot

Katsushika Hokusai, 1760

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

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

Katsushika Hokusai, 1801

Roben Falls at Oyama in Sagami Province (Soshu Oyama Roben no taki), from the series "A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri)"

Roben Falls at Oyama in Sagami Province (Soshu Oyama Roben no taki), from the series "A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri)"

Katsushika Hokusai, 1828

Ono Falls on the Kisokaidō Road (Kisokaidō Ono no bakufu), from the series Tour of the Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri)

Ono Falls on the Kisokaidō Road (Kisokaidō Ono no bakufu), from the series Tour of the Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1828

Yahagi Bridge at Okazaki on the Tokaido (Tokaido Okazaki Yahagi no hashi), from the series “Unusual Views of Famous Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyo kiran)”

Yahagi Bridge at Okazaki on the Tokaido (Tokaido Okazaki Yahagi no hashi), from the series “Unusual Views of Famous Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyo kiran)”

Katsushika Hokusai, 1828