Thursday 6 November 2014

Katsushika Hokusai – part 13

Hokusai Sketchbook
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Katsushika Hokusai (1760 – 1849) was a Japanese ukiyo-e (pictures of the floating world) painter and printmaker and painter, born in Edo (now Tokyo), and is best known for his woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji c. 1830-35 which includes the internationally recognised print The Great Wave off Kanagawa.

Hokusai created the series both as a response to a domestic travel boom and as part of a personal obsession with Mount Fuji itself. It was this series that secured Hokusai’s fame both in Japan and overseas.

This is part 13 of a 19 - part post on the works Katsushika Hokusai. For full biographical notes see part 1 and for earlier works see parts 1 - 12 also.




1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (continued from part 12):


1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock prints

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.8 x 12.8 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.8 x 13.6 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print
( C20th colour version )

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock prints

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.7 x 15.8 cm

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.7 x 15.8 cm

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print
( C20th colour version )

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock prints

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.8 x 13.9 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.8 x 13.9 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock prints

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.8 x 13.9 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.8 x 13.9 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print
( C20th colour version )

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock prints

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.8 x 13.9 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.8 x 13.9 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print
( C20th colour version )

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock prints

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.8 x 13.9 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.8 x 13.9 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print
( C20th colour version )


1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock prints

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.7 x 15.8 cm

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.7 x 15.8 cm

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print
( C20th colour version )

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock prints

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.8 x 13.9 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.8 x 13.9 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock prints

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.8 x 13.9 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.7 x 15.8 cm

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock prints

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.7 x 15.8 cm

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.8 x 13.9 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock prints

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.8 x 13.9 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.8 x 13.9 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print
( C20th colour version )

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock prints

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.7 x 15.8 cm

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.8 x 13.9 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock prints

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.7 x 15.8 cm

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.8 x 13.9 cm
 Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock prints

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.8 x 13.9 cm
 Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.8 x 13.9 cm
 Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA


1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock prints

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.8 x 13.9 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.8 x 13.9 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock prints

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.8 x 13.9 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.8 x 13.9 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock prints

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.8 x 13.9 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.8 x 13.9 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock prints

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.8 x 13.9 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.8 x 13.9 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock prints

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.8 x 13.9 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print 22.8 x 13.9 cm 
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock print
( C20th colour version )

1834-35 One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji illustrated book
woodblock prints