Hokusai

January 28–July 29, 2012

Freer Gallery of Art founder Charles Lang Freer (1854–1919) first discovered the great Japanese artist Hokusai (1760–1849) through his woodblock prints. Beginning in 1898, Freer turned to collecting Hokusai's paintings, and by 1907 he had gathered a collection that remains unrivaled in its holdings of original Hokusai paintings and drawings. A selection from this collection, along with a few important subsequent acquisitions of Hokusai's work, is on view in the Freer in 2012. In the Sackler, Hokusai's most famous series of woodblock prints, Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, goes on view March 24–June 17 as part of the museums' celebration of Japan Spring.

Now on View

Hokusai: Japanese Screens

January 28–July 29, 2012
Freer Gallery of Art

A magnificent pair of six-panel folding screens of Mount Fuji goes on view as the first of three 2012 exhibitions celebrating the great Japanese artist Hokusai (1760–1849).

Hokusai: Paintings and Drawings

February 18–June 24, 2012
Freer Gallery of Art

The second of three 2012 exhibitions celebrating the great Japanese artist Hokusai (1760–1849), this installation includes such highlights as Boy Viewing Mount Fuji and three masterworks of Hokusai's last years, Thunder God, Fisherman, and Woodcutter.

Hokusai: 36 Views of Mount Fuji

March 24–June 17, 2012
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
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Detail, A Shinto Priest, Three Women and a Child; by Hokusai. Learn more »