Hiroshige: Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji

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A collection of Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji prints contained in the wellness spa of the Costa Concordia was lost during the collision of the ship on January 13, 2012. [8] Guth, Christine (2011). "Hokusai's Great Waves in Nineteenth-Century Japanese Visual Culture" (PDF). The Art Bulletin. 93 (4): 468–485. doi: 10.1080/00043079.2011.10786019. ISSN 0004-3079. PMID 00043079. S2CID 191470775. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 July 2020 . Retrieved 14 December 2019. Despite its name, it consists of 46 prints, with 10 of them being added after the initial publication. Great Masters of Japanese Painting from the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Collection　Shimane Art Museum (Shimane, Japan)

Ukiyo-e prints were produced as a form of mass entertainment, and they formed a large part of the visual culture of Japan’s Edo period (the time between the wave of wars that would result in Japan’s unification and the opening to the West). As that, they conformed to the very same principles that still dominate mass entertainment today. They were affordable — a print would cost a little bit more than a bowl of soup ( according to this article), and they were mass produced. They were in no way seen as precious. In fact, some of the prints reached Europe because they had been used as wrapping paper for traded items. Hokusai later made a book named One-Hundred Views of Mount Fuji. It was published around 1835. It had drawings of one-hundred different views of Mount Fuji in it. [3] Prints [ change | change source ] First thirty-six prints [ change | change source ] No. About 1,000 copies of The Great Wave off Kanagawa were initially printed, resulting in wear in later editions of print copies. It is estimated approximately 8,000 copies were eventually printed. [b] [53] van Rappard-Boon, Charlotte (1982). Hokusai and his School: Japanese Prints c. 1800–1840 (Catalogue of the Collection of Japanese Prints, Rijksmuseum, Part III). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Treasures of Japanese Art from the TFAM Collection　National Museum of Decorative Art (Havana, Cuba)

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "A Sense of Place: Landscape in Japanese Art," May 8–September 8, 2002.

The 14th Charity Art Collection - Charity Event Saving the Children of the World through Art　Hotel Okura Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan) This print and The Great Wave off Kanagawa, are perhaps the most widely recognized pieces of Japanese art. Both are superb examples of the Japanese art of Ukiyo-e, “pictures of the floating world.”The name "Hokusai" (北斎 "North Studio"） is an abbreviation of "Hokushinsai" (北辰際 "North Star Studio"). In Nichiren Buddhism the North Star is revered as a deity known as Myōken. The wave is generally described as that produced by a tsunami, a giant wave or more likely a rogue wave, but also as a monstrous or ghostly wave like a white skeleton threatening the fishermen with its "claws" of foam. [18] [27] [28] [21] This interpretation of the work recalls Hokusai's mastery of Japanese fantasy, which is evidenced by the ghosts in his Hokusai Manga. An examination of the wave on the left side reveals many more "claws" that are ready to seize the fishermen behind the white foam strip. This image recalls many of Hokusai's previous works, including his Hyaku Monogatari series One Hundred Ghost Stories, produced from 1831 to 1832, which more explicitly depicts supernatural themes. [29] The wave's silhouette resembles that of a dragon, which the author frequently depicts, even on Mount Fuji. [30] [31] Signature [ edit ] Hokusai's signature

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Poetry and Travel in Japanese Art," December 18, 2008–May 31, 2009. Brown, Kendall H. (13 August 2007). "Hokusai and His Age: Ukiyo-e Painting, Printmaking and Book Illustration in Late Edo Japan (review)". The Journal of Japanese Studies. 33 (2): 521–525. doi: 10.1353/jjs.2007.0048. ISSN 1549-4721. S2CID 143267375. It would be straightforward to argue that as a series, Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji is not really centered on the volcano. Instead, it’s a depiction of a number of important, well known, and much talked about locations in Edo Japan. Mount Fuji serves as the visual device to link these images together.The mountain with a snow-capped peak is Mount Fuji, which in Japan is considered sacred and a symbol of national identity. Forrer, Matthi (1991). Hokusai: Prints and Drawings. Neues Publishing Company. ISBN 978-3-7913-1131-9. Smith, Lawrence. 'Twelve Views of Mount Fuji'. London, Trustees of the British Museum, 1981, [no. 2]. Culture Trip launched in 2011 with a simple yet passionate mission: to inspire people to go beyond their boundaries and experience what makes a place, its people and its culture special and meaningful — and this is still in our DNA today. We are proud that, for more than a decade, millions like you have trusted our award-winning recommendations by people who deeply understand what makes certain places and communities so special.