# Hokusai - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T13:01:29.225Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 230
- Lots with prices: 167
- First auction date: 2010-03-13
- Latest auction date: 2026-02-04
- Median realised price: $260
- Price range: $20 to $62,500

## Market Takeaway
Hokusai shows deep auction liquidity with 222 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $260. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 30 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-02-04.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($260\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $120 and $1,600.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 71.3% (117 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 18.9% (31 sales)
- $10,000\+: 9.8% (16 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 30
- Previous 12 months sales: 56
- Recent 12 months median: $450
- Previous 12 months median: $240
- Median shift: 87.5%
- Latest sale date: 2026-02-04
- Days since latest sale: 14
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Kiefer Buch\- und Kunstauktionen: 40 lots
- Bubb \> Kuyper: Auctioneers of Books, Fine Arts & Manuscripts: 23 lots
- Bassenge Auctions: 18 lots
- JG Auction: 16 lots
- Kunsthaus Lempertz KG: 13 lots
- Piasa: 12 lots
- Lempertz: 8 lots
- Signens Kunstauktionen: 7 lots
- Auktionshaus Schramm: 6 lots
- Revere Auctions: 6 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-02-16 | Hokusai, Katsushika | Zisska & Lacher | €80
2. 2024-11-05 | Katsushika Hokusai \(1760\-1849\) \| Yahagi Bridge at Okazaki on the Tokaido \(Tokaido Okazaki Yahagi no hashi\) \| Edo period, 19th century | Sotheby's | £7,200
3. 2024-07-18 | Katsushika Hokusai \(1760\-1849\) \| Poem by Chunagon Yakamochi \| Edo period, 19th century | Sotheby's | N/A
4. 2024-07-18 | Katsushika Hokusai \(1760\-1848\) \| Poem by Sangi Takamura \(Ono no Takamura\) \| Edo period, 19th century | Sotheby's | £9,000
5. 2024-07-18 | Katsushika Hokusai \(1760\-1849\) \| Poem by Abe no Nakamaro \| Edo period, 19th century | Sotheby's | N/A
6. 2024-03-28 | Hokusai \(Japanese, 1760 \- 1849\) | Vallot Auctioneers | $300 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-hokusai-japanese-1760-1849-99-c-5a84471bda
7. 2023-12-19 | Katsushika Hokusai \(1760\-1849\) \| Yahagi Bridge at Okazaki on the Tokaido \| Edo period, 19th century | Sotheby's | N/A
8. 2022-01-29 | A PAIR OF JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS AFTER HOKUSAI | Antique Arena Inc | $30 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-a-pair-of-japanese-woodblock-prints-after-hokusai-15-c-8304cfca5e
9. 2021-11-27 | AN UKIYO\-E WALL PLAQUE, THE GREAT WAVE BY HOKUSAI | Antique Arena Inc | $100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-an-ukiyo-e-wall-plaque-the-great-wave-by-hokusai-334-c-9164bfe831
10. 2017-11-23 | Hokusai \(1760\-1849\) and Hokkei \(1780\-1850\). Lot of 3 tinted woodcuts from Hokusai dochu gafu, all ±19,5x28 cm. \- Trifle fingersoiled in lower margin, otherwise fine. | Bubb \> Kuyper: Auctioneers of Books, Fine Arts & Manuscripts | N/A
11. 2012-02-23 | HOKUSAI \(attribué à\). Estampe, tirée d'un livre illustré, Japon XIXe. | Hôtel des Ventes d'Enghien | €70 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-hokusai-attribue-a-estampe-tiree-d-un-livre-illustre-japon-xixe-227-c-3be5bfacbd
12. 2026-02-04 | Hokusai \(1760\-1849\) and Kunimaro Utagawa \(act. c. 1845\-c. 1875\) Three Booklets with Woodcuts or Ukioye, Shunga, Japan, Edo/Meiji | Flanders Auctions | €170
13. 2025-12-12 | Big tree | Lempertz | €6,000
14. 2025-12-12 | The returning fishermen | Lempertz | N/A
15. 2025-12-12 | Still life | Lempertz | €2,400
16. 2025-12-09 | Hokusai, Katsushika | Nagel Auction | €7,000
17. 2025-12-06 | Katsushika HOKUSAI: "Tama River..." | Armstrong Fine Art | $50
18. 2025-11-27 | Hokusai \(1760\-1849\). Ehon Chûkyô \(The Illustrated Book of Loyalty\). | Bubb \> Kuyper: Auctioneers of Books, Fine Arts & Manuscripts | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-hokusai-1760-1849-ehon-chukyo-the-illustrated-book-of-loyalty-5283-c-d03302ad12
19. 2025-11-15 | Hokusai \- Porters Carrying a Sedan Chair | Auktionshaus Schramm | €120
20. 2025-11-15 | Hokusai \- Album Shashin Gafu, 14 sheets | Auktionshaus Schramm | €200
21. 2025-11-15 | Hokusai \- Dawn with a South Wind | Auktionshaus Schramm | €460
22. 2025-11-15 | Hokusai \- Thunderstorm Below Mount Fuji | Auktionshaus Schramm | €360
23. 2025-11-15 | Hokusai \- Boats on the Sumida River | Auktionshaus Schramm | €80
24. 2025-11-15 | Hokusai \- Worker with brushwood | Auktionshaus Schramm | €80

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