The Great Wave off Kanagawa , the best known print from the series.
Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji is a group of woodblock prints by Hokusai , a Japanese artist. The prints show Mount Fuji as seen from many different places. The prints were very successful, and Hokusai made ten more after the first thirty-six.[ 1] The prints were made in the 1830s.
The Great Wave off Kanagawa , one of Hokusai's most popular prints, is a part of the series. Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji has been called Hokusai's "colour-print masterpiece".[ 1]
Process
Hokusai started making each print by drawing it on paper. It was glued onto a wood block, to help carve the drawing into the wood. The block was then covered with colored ink, and put onto paper to make the print. For each color on a print, Hokusai had to make a different block.[ 2]
The first prints in the series were made with shades of blue ink.[ 1] After the series was popular, versions of each print with many colors were made. Over one hundred prints were planned, but only forty-six were made.[ 1]
Hokusai later made a book named One-Hundred Views of Mount Fuji . It was published around 1835. It had drawings of one-hundred different views of Mount Fuji in it.[ 3]
Prints
First thirty-six prints
No.
Image
English title
Japanese title
1
The Great Wave off Kanagawa
神奈川沖浪裏
Kanagawa oki nami-ura
2
Fine Wind, Clear Morning , also known as South Wind, Clear Sky or Red Fuji
凱風快晴
Gaifū kaisei
3
Thunderstorm Beneath the Summit
山下白雨
Sanka hakuu
4
Under Mannen Bridge at Fukagawa
深川万年橋下
Fukagawa Mannen-bashi shita
5
Sundai, Edo
東都駿台
Tōto sundai
6
Cushion Pine at Aoyama
青山円座松
Aoyama enza-no-matsu
7
Senju, Musashi But
武州千住
Bushū Senju
8
Inume Pass, Kōshū
甲州犬目峠
Kōshū inume-tōge
9
Fuji View Field in Owari Province
尾州不二見原
Bishū Fujimigahara
10
Ejiri in Suruga Province
駿州江尻
Sunshū Ejiri
11
A sketch of the Mitsui shop in Suruga in Edo (a city that is now called Tokyo )
江都駿河町三井見世略図
Kōto Suruga-cho Mitsui Miseryakuzu
12
Sunset across the Ryōgoku bridge from the bank of the Sumida River at Onmayagashi
御厩川岸より両国橋夕陽見
Ommayagashi yori ryōgoku-bashi yūhi mi
13
Sazai hall – Temple of Five Hundred Rakan
五百らかん寺さざゐどう
Gohyaku-rakanji Sazaidō
14
Tea house at Koishikawa. The morning after a snowfall
礫川雪の旦
Koishikawa yuki no ashita
15
Shimomeguro
下目黒
Shimomeguro
16
Watermill at Onden
隠田の水車
Onden no suisha
17
Enoshima in Sagami Province
相州江の島
Soshū Enoshima
18
Shore of Tago Bay, Ejiri at Tōkaidō
東海道江尻田子の浦略図
Tōkaidō Ejiri tago-no-uraryakuzu
19
Yoshida at Tōkaidō
東海道吉田
Tōkaidō Yoshida
20
The Kazusa Province sea route
上総の海路
Kazusa no kairo
21
Nihonbashi bridge in Edo
江戸日本橋
Edo Nihon-bashi
22
Barrier Town on the Sumida River
隅田川関屋の里
Sumidagawa Sekiya no sato
23
Bay of Noboto
登戸浦
Noboto-ura
24
The lake of Hakone in Sagami Province
相州箱根湖水
Sōshū Hakone kosui
25
Mount Fuji reflects in Lake Kawaguchi, seen from the Misaka Pass in Kai Province
甲州三坂水面
Kōshū Misaka suimen
26
Hodogaya on the Tōkaidō
東海道保土ケ谷
Tōkaidō Hodogaya
27
Tama River in Musashi Province
武州玉川
Bushū Tamagawa
28
Asakusa Hongan-ji temple in the Eastern capital [Edo]
東都浅草本願寺
Tōto Asakusa honganji
29
Tsukuda Island in Musashi Province
武陽佃島
Buyō Tsukuda-jima
30
Shichiri Beach in Sagami Province
相州七里浜
Soshū Shichiri-ga-hama
31
Umezawa in Sagami Province
相州梅沢庄
Soshū umezawanoshō
32
Kajikazawa in Kai Province
甲州石班沢
Kōshū Kajikazawa
33
Mishima Pass in Kai Province
甲州三嶌越
Kōshū Mishima-goe
34
Mount Fuji from the mountains of Tōtōmi
遠江山中
Tōtōumi sanchū
35
A View of Mount Fuji Across Lake Suwa (Lake Suwa in Shinano Province )
信州諏訪湖
Shinshū Suwa-ko
36
Ushibori in Hitachi Province
常州牛掘
Jōshū Ushibori
Ten prints made later
No.
Image
English title
Japanese title
1
Goten-yama-hill, Shinagawa on the Tōkaidō
東海道品川御殿山の不二
Tōkaidō Shinagawa Goten'yama no Fuji
2
Honjo Tatekawa, the timberyard at Honjo, Sumida
本所立川
Honjo Tatekawa
3
Pleasure District at Senju
従千住花街眺望の不二
Senju Hana-machi Yori Chōbō no Fuji
4
Nakahara in Sagami Province
相州仲原
Sōshū Nakahara
5
Ōno Shinden in Suruga Province
駿州大野新田
Sunshū Ōno-shinden
6
Climbing on Fuji
諸人登山
Shojin tozan
7
The Tea plantation of Katakura in Suruga Province
駿州片倉茶園の不二
Sunshū Katakura chaen no Fuji
8
The Fuji from Kanaya on the Tōkaidō
東海道金谷の不二
Tōkaidō Kanaya no Fuji
9
Dawn at Isawa in Kai Province
甲州伊沢暁
Kōshū Isawa no Akatsuki
10
The back of Fuji from the Minobu river
身延川裏不二
Minobu-gawa ura Fuji
Related pages
References
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Calza, Gian Carlo (2004-10-01). Hokusai . Phaidon Press. ISBN 978-0-7148-4457-2 .
↑ The Prints of Japan. Frank A. Turk, October House Inc, 1966, Lib Congress catalog Card no. 66-25524
↑ Katsushika, Hokusai (1988). One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji . George Braziller. ISBN 978-0-8076-1195-1 .