In the Mountains of Totomi Province, from the series Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji

Object Details

• Artist

  Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

• Label

  Hokusai's series, Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjvroku kei), is one of the most famous in the history of Japanese prints. Initially conceived as a set of thirty-six images, the series was so popular that forty-six designs were published. In this print, showing Mount Fuji from the mountains of Totomi, the activities of common people occupy center stage. The sacred mountain appears in the distance, framed by the "A" support securing a large timber as two carpenters saw planks and another sharpens his saw under a straw lean-to. Smoke from a nearby fire is delicately engraved and printed in this fine early impression of a design in which the predominant tones are blue and gray.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (March 24 to June 17, 2012)

  Hokusai (October 25, 2005 to May 14, 2006)

  Masterful Illusions: Japanese Prints from the Anne van Biema Collection (September 15, 2002 to January 9, 2003)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  The Anne van Biema Collection

• Type

  Print

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Name

  Katsushika, Hokusai

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Snow, Mount Fuji, Oban, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Anne van Biema collection, Ukiyo-e

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Prints