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31 October 1760 – 10 May 1849)
- Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾 北斎, c. 31 October 1760 – 10 May 1849), known simply as Hokusai, was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period, active as a painter and printmaker.
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Hokusai's date of birth is unclear, but is often stated as the 23rd day of the 9th month of the 10th year of the Hōreki era (in the old calendar, or 31 October 1760) to an artisan family, in the Katsushika district of Edo, the capital of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate (currently Katsushika-ku, Tokyo).
Nov 21, 2019 · According to some sources, it is October 31, 1760, which equates to the 23rd day of the ninth month of the 10th year of the Horeki era. His parentage, too, is unclear. It is presumed that he is the son of Nakajima Ise and his mistress.
Jul 3, 2024 · On the Web: Web Japan - Trends in Japan - Katsushika Hokusai: An influential figure in art around the world (July 03, 2024) Hokusai (born October 1760, Edo [now Tokyo], Japan—died May 10, 1849, Edo) was a Japanese master artist and printmaker of the ukiyo-e (“pictures of the floating world”) school. His early works represent the full ...
Hokusai was married twice in his life and he fathered two sons and three daughters. His youngest daughter Ei, also known as Ōi, eventually became an artist in her own right, having assisted her...
Discover the key moments in the life of Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849), one of Japan’s best-loved and most inventive artists. Follow his remarkable journey from lowly apprentice to rising star painting before the shogun. Then to the difficult years of the 1820s, when he lost his daughter and second wife.
Katsushika Hokusai was born in 1760 under the name of Kawamura Tokitaro and brought up by Isa Nakajima, a mirror maker for the Shogun. There is little known of Hokusai's early life, with suggestions that his mother was a concubine and that he was adopted by Nakajima at birth.
Mar 15, 2022 · Katsushika Hokusai whose childhood name was Tokitarō was born in 1760 nearly 300 years ago. In the middle of the 18th century, Japan’s then capital Edo, which is now called Tokyo, was in the throes of the Edo Period. He lived most of his life in a central part of town on the east bank of the Simiyula River.
