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Random Sketches by Hokusai by Katsushika Hokusai — VisualArtsDB

Random Sketches by Hokusai

Random Sketches by Hokusai

Katsushika Hokusai

1834

Medium: Eight volumes of woodblock printed books; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 9 x 6 1/4 in. (22.9 x 15.9 cm)
Genre: Illustrated Books
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Picture Book on Heroes of China and Japan (Ehon wakan no homare) 絵本和漢誉

Picture Book on Heroes of China and Japan (Ehon wakan no homare) 絵本和漢誉

Katsushika Hokusai, 1836

The Yoshiwara in Edo, from the series "Seven Courtesans (Nana yujo)"

The Yoshiwara in Edo, from the series "Seven Courtesans (Nana yujo)"

Katsushika Hokusai, 1802

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

A Realistic Sketchbook by Hokusai (Hokusai shashin gafu) 北斎写真画譜

A Realistic Sketchbook by Hokusai (Hokusai shashin gafu) 北斎写真画譜

Katsushika Hokusai, 1814

Moon, Pine and Maple

Moon, Pine and Maple

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Three (Women) Calligraphers (Sanpitsu) at a Calligraphy Reunion (Shokai)

Three (Women) Calligraphers (Sanpitsu) at a Calligraphy Reunion (Shokai)

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Sima Guang and Shibata Katsuie, from the series "Five Sibling Pictures of China and Japan for the Zakurogaki Group (Zakurogaki-ren goban no uchi wakan e-kyodai)"

Sima Guang and Shibata Katsuie, from the series "Five Sibling Pictures of China and Japan for the Zakurogaki Group (Zakurogaki-ren goban no uchi wakan e-kyodai)"

Katsushika Hokusai, 1821

Transmitting the Spirit, Revealing the Form of Things, Volume 1 to 15 of Hokusai Sketchbooks (Denshin kaishu: Hokusai manga, shohen–jugohen) 伝神開手北斎漫画初編-十五編

Transmitting the Spirit, Revealing the Form of Things, Volume 1 to 15 of Hokusai Sketchbooks (Denshin kaishu: Hokusai manga, shohen–jugohen) 伝神開手北斎漫画初編-十五編

Katsushika Hokusai, 1814

Yoro Waterfall in Mino Province (Mino no kuni Yoro no taki), from the series Tour of the Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku Takimeguri)

Yoro Waterfall in Mino Province (Mino no kuni Yoro no taki), from the series Tour of the Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku Takimeguri)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1827

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

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

Katsushika Hokusai, 1801

Transmitting the Spirit, Revealing the Form of Things: Hokusai Sketchbooks, volume 14 (Denshin kaishu: Hokusai manga, jūyonpen)

Transmitting the Spirit, Revealing the Form of Things: Hokusai Sketchbooks, volume 14 (Denshin kaishu: Hokusai manga, jūyonpen)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1875

Transmitting the Spirit, Revealing the Form of Things: Hokusai Sketchbooks, volume 7 (Denshin kaishu: Hokusai manga, nanahen)

Transmitting the Spirit, Revealing the Form of Things: Hokusai Sketchbooks, volume 7 (Denshin kaishu: Hokusai manga, nanahen)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1819