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Katsushika HokusaiJapanese, 1760–1849Strolling Courtesan
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Not on view at present
Where is “Strolling Courtesan” now? Collection: Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis. Not on view at present. Checked October 12, 2026.
Minneapolis, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 74.1.195
In the catalog
Sources
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Image: Minneapolis Institute of Art — public domain
In the life of Katsushika Hokusai
The whole life1793–1794
Years of hardship and of finding his style
Starting out on his own, Hokusai went hungry and scraped a living by petty trading. At the same time he studied different schools of painting — the Kanō and the Sōtatsu school of Tawaraya Sōtatsu and Ogata Kōrin — refusing to pander to public taste.
1796
First uses the name Hokusai
The artist began using the name Hokusai, signing his prints and paintings with it from 1798, and in 1800 started calling himself Gakyōjin Hokusai, “Hokusai, mad about painting”. In all he used at least thirty names, more than any other well-known Japanese master.
1797
Second marriage
Hokusai married again, but his second wife also died soon afterwards. His daughter Ei, also known as Ōi, eventually became an artist and his assistant.
1798
Becomes an independent artist
Hokusai passed his name on to a pupil and, for the first time, set out as an independent artist tied to no school, taking the name Hokusai Tomisa.
