Mount Fuji Ukiyo-E




Mt. Fuji off Kanagawa

Hokusai (1760-1849) created "Mt. Fuji Off Kanagawa" (popularly known in the West as "The Wave") as part of his subscription series, "Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji," completed between 1826 and 1833. This is one of the best-known Japanese woodblock prints, and with others of this period inspired the entire French Impressionist school. James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903, of "Whistler's Mother" fame) was strongly influenced by the strong lines and bright colors of Japanese prints.


You can buy a poster of this beautiful woodblock print on Amazon:






Mount Fuji in Clear Weather. This is often also known as "Red Fuji".






Scenic Mount Fuji

Source:
http://ifaq.wap.org/posters/fujioffkanagawa.html
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/ukiyoe/hokusai.html

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