New Year's Day at Ogi-ya brothel
Medium
Color woodblock prints; oban pentaptych
Dimensions
39.2 × 128.7 cm (all five sheets) 39.0 × 26.6 cm (left sheet #1) 39.0 × 26.5 cm (sheet #2) 38.7 × 25.5 cm (sheet #3) 39.0 × 26.2 cm (sheet #4) 39.0 × 25.7 cm (sheet #5)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
21804
About the Artist
Katsushika Hokusai · 1760–1849
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) stands as one of history's most influential artists, a Japanese master who revolutionized the ukiyo-e woodblock print tradition and profoundly shaped Western art. Born in the Katsushika district of Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to an artisan family, Hokusai lived through nearly nine decades of extraordinary creative evolution, adopting over thirty different artistic names t...