New Year's Day at the Ōgiya Brothel, Yoshiwara
Katsushika Hokusai. ca. 1804. Pentaptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper. Explore the catalogue record, image rights and documented connections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Katsushika Hokusai across 3 collections
Each museum’s exact creator wording is preserved on its record. Reconciled maker links group works attributed directly to Katsushika Hokusai while keeping workshop, studio, or “after” attributions distinct.
- Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave, from the series "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"The Art Institute of Chicago · 1830/33 · 1928.1086 · Compare side by side →
- TravelersNational Museum of Asian Art · 1760-1849 · F1904.273 · Compare side by side →
- Flying CuckooNational Museum of Asian Art · ca. 1809 · F1904.187 · Compare side by side →
- GooseNational Museum of Asian Art · 1760-1849 · F1904.227 · Compare side by side →
Related Afterlives investigations involving Katsushika Hokusai
- A blue that crossed borders.The British Museum connects the print’s Prussian blue to the pigment becoming cheaply available to Japanese publishers from China.
- What a mark remembersArtologium compares repetition and surface in a painted vessel and Hokusai’s print. No historical transmission between the two works is asserted.
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PrintObject type
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art supplies “Print” in its object type field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
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Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
PaperMaterial
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art supplies “Pentaptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
Pentaptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Catalogue: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
InkMaterial
Ink recorded in the object's medium.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art supplies “Pentaptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
Pentaptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Catalogue: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
Woodblock printingTechnique
Woodblock printing identified in the source medium.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art supplies “Pentaptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper” in its medium/techniques field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
Pentaptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Catalogue: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
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Men; Women
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Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
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