Hokusai's genre scenes, bijin-ga (beautiful women), and miscellaneous subjects represent the breadth of his career across more than seven decades. The market for non-landscape Hokusai prints has strengthened as collectors seek beyond the most famous designs.
A young girl sits at a window, perhaps gazing out at the street below or engaged in a reflective moment of domestic contemplation, in this [surimono](/glossary/surimono) from around 1804. The [hosoban](/glossary/hosoban)-like intimacy of the composition — a single figure framed by architectural elements — reflects the quiet, lyrical mode Hokusai brought to bijin-related subjects in his privately printed works for poetry circle patrons.
1821
Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; surimono shikishiban
1822
Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono
1822
Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono
c. 1832
Color woodblock print; oban
Girl at the window was created by Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎) in c. 1804.
Girl at the window depicts children, daily life, and interiors.
