Private Collection of Fine Japanese Prints
Private Collection of Fine Japanese Prints
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849) SHICHIRI BEACH IN SAGAMI PROVINCE (SOSHU SHICHIRI-GA HAMA) | EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
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KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
SHICHIRI BEACH IN SAGAMI PROVINCE (SOSHU SHICHIRI-GA HAMA)
woodblock print, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei), signed saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu, published by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo), no publisher's mark, blue outline, circa 1830–31
Horizontal oban:
25.7 x 38 cm, 10⅛ x 15 in.
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Timothy Clark, 100 Views of Mount Fuji (London, 2001), no. 45
Matthi Forrer, Hokusai (London, 2010), no. 18
Timothy Clark, Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave (London, 2017), n. 41
Nagata Seiji, Meihin soroimono ukiyo-e: Hokusai I, vol. 8 (Tokyo, 1991), no. 24.
From their position amidst young pines, the viewer’s line of vision travels towards the top of the hill which stands above, and conceals, Shichirigahama Beach, down to the village of Koshigoe, across to the woody island of Enoshima and up to the tip of its trees, and over to the summit of Mount Fuiji, its slopes predominantly covered in snow. The shape of Mount Fuji is echoed in that of the hill in the foreground, a technique employed by Hokusai to draw attention to and highlight the scene’s main protagonist. Shades of blue and green dominate the print, with hints of orange for the horizon, from which dramatic white cumulonimbus clouds rise. Blues are used to create depth and to colour most of the ground and the top of the sky, while softer greens are used to pick out details such as foliage, and to create contrast.
For examples in museum collections see the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession no. JP2979, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession no. 11.17654.