Room 40

Katsushika Hokusai

1760–1849, Japan (Edo), Ukiyo-e

Hokusai worked for almost 70 years and changed his artist’s name around thirty times. He became world-famous at about 70 with the series “Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji”, which includes the “Red Fuji” in this room. His woodblock prints and sketchbooks later delighted the Impressionists in Europe.

All works

• Under the Wave off Kanagawa (“The Great Wave”)
• South Wind, Clear Sky (“Red Fuji”)
• Rain Below the Mountain
• The Surface of Lake Misaka in Kai Province
• The Weir at Senju in Musashi Province
• The Brocade Bridge in Suō Province
• Ono Waterfall on the Kiso Road
• Carp Swimming by Water Weeds
• Basket of Peonies
• Risshi by the Sea Watching Birds
• Sketch Page with Birds and Spider