The Hokusai Exhibition Room at Shimane Prefectural Art Museum is a gallery where visitors can see works by Katsushika Hokusai at any time, which is extremely rare even by global standards. The museum's Hokusai collection numbers about 1,600 items, and the room presents works from each of Hokusai's fields, including nishiki-e (full-color woodblock prints), surimono (woodblock-printed pieces), hanpon (printed books), and nikuhitsu-ga (hand-painted works).
From October 28, the room will hold "Hokusai Collection FY2026 Period 7," displaying around 40 valuable works by Hokusai. The lineup includes Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji: Under the Wave off Kanagawa (the Great Wave), which Hokusai created in his early 70s and which is widely known internationally as a representative work of Japanese art.
Exhibition Overview
- Exhibition: Hokusai Collection FY2026 Period 7
- Dates: Wednesday, October 28 to Monday, November 30, 2026
- Closed: Tuesdays (open on Tuesday, November 3, a national holiday)
- Admission: General visitors ¥400, university students ¥260, elementary, junior high, and high school students free
- Family Time: Every morning is "Kazoku no Jikan" (Family Time). Up to four people visiting with children can see the collection exhibition free of charge by showing the Kokkoro Card (app).
- Venue: Shimane Prefectural Art Museum, 2nd floor, Collection Exhibition Hokusai Exhibition Room
- Hours: 10:00 AM to 6:30 PM (last entry to the exhibition room is 6:00 PM)
Featured Works
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji: Under the Wave off Kanagawa
Katsushika Hokusai, circa 1830 to 1834 (early Tenpo era). Shimane Prefectural Art Museum collection (Nagata Collection).
Kame (Turtle)
This surimono was financed by Hokusai himself and handed out to acquaintances when he changed his artist name. Very few examples survive today. Katsushika Hokusai, 1798 (Kansei 10). Shimane Prefectural Art Museum collection (Nagata Collection).
Tsuki miru tora zu (Tiger Gazing at the Moon)
A painting from Hokusai's later years, in which skillful use of ink conveys the texture of the fur and the tiger's three-dimensional form. Katsushika Hokusai, 1844 (Tenpo 15). Shimane Prefectural Art Museum collection (Nagata Collection).
