KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI. Fuji Seen in the Distance from Senju Pleasure Quarter (Senju kagai yori chobo no Fuji), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

Fuji Seen in the Distance from Senju Pleasure Quarter (Senju kagai yori chobo no Fuji), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)

Fuji Seen in the Distance from Senju Pleasure Quarter (Senju kagai yori chobo no Fuji), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei). Artist: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760-1849 Tokyo (Edo)). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm); W. 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm). Date: ca. 1830-32. A procession of men dressed in blue and green, carrying red muskets is departing the capital for their home province. The man at the left, his hand raised to his forehead, is no doubt reflecting on the pleasures left behind. Fuji appears on the horizon, watching over daimyo procession.

Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Edo period (1615-1868)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

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36.8 x 25.2 cm | 14.5 x 9.9 in (300 dpi)