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Katsushika Ōi

ca. 1800–after 1857

Attributed to Tsuyuki Iitsu. Retrospective drawing of the late 1880s, depicting life in the 1840s. Detail.
Attributed to Tsuyuki Iitsu. Retrospective drawing of the late 1880s, depicting life in the 1840s. Detail.

Katsushika Oi was Hokusai's third daughter and studied with him. She collaborated with her father at a time when professional women painters were unusual in Japan. Her subjects included popular literature such as the Chinese Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

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Tsuyuki Iitsu (attributed in the NDL/Japan Search description) · Tsuyuki Iitsu, Hokusai’s temporary dwelling, National Diet Library, PID 1286947; detail of Ōi from the public-domain NDL scan via Wikimedia Commons · National Diet Library; identification supported by Sumida Hokusai Museum and Japan Foundation scholarly essay; public-domain scan via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (faithful reproduction of public-domain two-dimensional artwork) Portrait source · Licence