Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 30020

Mount Fuji in the Morning from Hara

Artist / 作者
Utagawa Hiroshige歌川広重
Date / 年代
1830-1837
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / honolulu
Digital record / 画像記録
481 × 331 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Honolulu Museum of Art
Published by / 公開者
水野ナギ
Rights / 権利
No reusable image license documented
Attribution / 表記
Honolulu Museum of Art

Catalog note / 解説

The loftiness of Mount Fuji, Japan’s highest mountain, is cleverly conveyed here by extending the top of the mountain not only through the frame of the print (a Western-derived element) but even beyond the upper edge of the paper. Although Hiroshige established his fame with this Tökaidö (East Sea Road) series, which remains the best known depiction of the stations between Edo and Kyoto, Hokusai produced a Tökaidö series long before this one, in as early as 1804. Hokusai’s Tökaidö prints (he produced seven series in all) tend to emphasize the fashions and customs of people in each station, while this first series by Hiroshige is characterized by its memorable scenery. “Hokusai’s Summit: Thi…

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