Mount Fuji viewed by the poet
Katsushika Hokusai (Edo 1760 - Edo 1849)
Lot-No. 376
Late Edo Period (1606-1868), woodblock print, 18 x 25,5 cm, up. le. entitled 'Bunpen no fuji', from the book illustrations 'Fugaku hyakkei' (100 views of Fuji). - Japanese ukiyo-e painter and printmaker, influenced by Sesshu, and other styles of Chinese painting, best known as author of the woodblock print series 'Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji' (富嶽三十六景 Fugaku Sanjûroku-kei), which includes the internationally recognized print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, created during the 1820s, it was not until this series that he gained broad recognition. - Mus.: In collections all over the world. - Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit a.o.
Katsushika Hokusai: Mount Fuji viewed by the poet
Katsushika Hokusai (Edo 1760 - Edo 1849)
Mount Fuji viewed by the poet
Lot-No. 376
Late Edo Period (1606-1868), woodblock print, 18 x 25,5 cm, up. le. entitled 'Bunpen no fuji', from the book illustrations 'Fugaku hyakkei' (100 views of Fuji). - Japanese ukiyo-e painter and printmaker, influenced by Sesshu, and other styles of Chinese painting, best known as author of the woodblock print series 'Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji' (富嶽三十六景 Fugaku Sanjûroku-kei), which includes the internationally recognized print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, created during the 1820s, it was not until this series that he gained broad recognition. - Mus.: In collections all over the world. - Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit a.o.