Masters of the Woodblock: Fine Japanese Prints
Masters of the Woodblock: Fine Japanese Prints
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) | The Jewel River in Musashi Province (Bushu Tamagawa) | Edo period, 19th century
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Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
The Jewel River in Musashi Province (Bushu Tamagawa)
Edo period, 19th century
woodblock print, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei), signed Hokusai Iitsu hitsu, published by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo), blue outline, circa 1830-31
Horizontal oban: 24.9 x 36.7 cm., 9 3/4 x 14 1/2 in.
The Tama River is shown partially illuminated by the hazy light filtering through the clouds above. A boat with an oarsmen at the helm and passengers huddled in the prow crosses to the opposite bank where a snow-capped Mount Fuji emerges toweringly from the band of suyarigasumi [lit. spear mist]. A solitary man leads his horse along the river's edge to the foreground, stopping for a while as it bows to drink from its waters.
For a similar impression in the collection of the British Museum, museum number 1908,1130,0.4, go to:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1908-1130-0-4