38.Mount Fuji from the Mountains of Tōtōmi Tōtōmi was the old name of Shizuoka Province. The craftsmen are sawing the timber with many times the height of a person. Katsushika Hokusai placed the timber on the diagonal of the screen and created similar triangles with the wood and props. It created a unique geometric pattern. The […]
Katsushika Hokusai’s picture, ‘Mount Fuji from the Mountains of Tōtōmi’ Read More »
37.The Fuji from Kanaya on the Tōkaidō Kanaya was the current Shimada-shi, Shizuoka prefecture, and the ferry landing to cross the Ooi River. Because of the defensive reasons for the Edo shogunate, they didn’t build a bridge over the river. The Ooi river was famous for its large amount of water and difficult to cross. And this painting
Hokusai’s ukiyo-e, The Fuji from Kanaya on the Tōkaidō Read More »
35.Shore of Tago Bay, Ejiri at Tōkaidō Tago Bay is famous as a place where Mt. Fuji looks beautiful from the ancient time and has been written in waka and haiku, including Man’yoshu. White‐spotted Mt. Fuji spreads the grand skirt under the clear blue sky. Those who on the beach between the mountain and the ocean are the people
‘Shore of Tago Bay, Ejiri at Tōkaidō’, Katsushika Hokusai’s Mt. Fuji art Read More »
35.Ejiri in Suruga Province It is a famous artwork that the British photographer Jeff Wall was influenced by the woodblock printing and made the work of ‘A Sudden Gust of Wind'(1993). This picture captures the moment when a tremendous gust is blowing. The papers and woven hat are blown off and away by the wind. The sky where
Ejiri in Suruga Province by Katsushika Hokusai Read More »
34.Climbing on Fuji It is a ukiyo-e print depicting the people climbing the mountain, not in a distant view as other artworks of the series. “Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji” is now a famous landscape painting with the theme of Mt. Fuji. But when the pictures were sold in Edo Period, the publisher Nishimura-ya Yohachi
‘Climbing on Fuji’ by famous Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai Read More »
33.Fine Wind, Clear Morning ‘Fine Wind, Clear Morning’ (Gaifu kaisei, Red Fuji) is the famous Japanese painting as the work of big wave art ‘The Great Wave Off Kanagagawa’ in “Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji“. Against the background of the summer or autumn mackerel sky, the surface of Mt. Fuji is flushed by the morning sun. The ukiyo-e
Katsushika Hokusai’s Fine Wind, Clear Morning (Red Fuji prints) Read More »
32.Rainstorm Beneath the Summit Whereas the Mt. Fuji art print ‘South Wind, Clear Sky’ is called Red Fuji, ‘Rainstorm Beneath the Summit'(Sanka Hakuu) is called Brack Fuji. As the Red Fuji, Brack Fuji is also one of the famous Japanese prints. The white clouds and blue sky spread near the summit of Mt. Fuji where
Japanese woodblock print, ‘Rainstorm Beneath the Summit’ by Katsushika Hokusai Read More »
31.Ōno Shinden in the Suruga Province Ōno Shinden was the newly developed rice field in Edo Period at the current Yoshiwara-shi. It is a bundle of common reed that the cow with good physique carries heavily. In front of the row, there are the two farm women who shoulder the harvested vegetables like small mountains. The clouds on
‘Ōno Shinden in the Suruga Province’ art print by Katsushika Hokusai Read More »
30.The Tea plantation of Katakura in Suruga Province Suruga untile Edo Period is Shizuoka Prefecture now, and is famous for the green tea production place in Japan as well as today. The bright yellow tea garden continues from the front for the far distance, and Mt Fuji. has much of the remaning snow.
Japanese woodblock print, The Tea plantation of Katakura in Suruga Province Read More »
29.Mishima Pass in Kai Province Mishima Pass is thought to be around the present Kagosaka Pass. The huge tree penetrates the screen of the woodblock printing, and Mt. Fuji stretches its ridge over there. Some of the travelers are walking or resting, and others are experiencing the size of the big tree’s trunk by holding
Katsushika Hokusai’s woodblock print, ‘Mishima Pass in Kai Province’ Read More »
