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.
Three women gather in the garden at night beneath a blooming plum tree, the pale blossoms luminous against the darkened sky in this [surimono](/glossary/surimono) from around 1796. The plum blossom carries associations with the season's first flowering and with classical poetry of longing and transience; the nocturnal setting and the intimacy of the three figures suggest a scene of moon-viewing or quiet feminine sociability.
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
Woodblock print
Teradomari no yau
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
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1947
Color woodblock print; oban
March 1933
Color woodblock print; oban
Three women beneath a plum tree at night was created by Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎) in c. 1796.
Three women beneath a plum tree at night depicts night scenes, food & drink, and trees.