Fuji From Tsukuda Island
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Description
From Tsukuda Island — a small fishing community at the mouth of the Sumida River established by Osaka fishermen who followed Tokugawa Ieyasu to Edo — Fuji is visible across the broad expanse of the bay. The island's fishing boats, nets, and tidal flats provide a working-class foreground to the sacred mountain's remote presence, a juxtaposition characteristic of Hokusai's democratic view of Fuji's universal visibility.
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Fuji From Tsukuda Island was created by Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎).
Fuji From Tsukuda Island depicts landscapes and mount fuji, set at Mount Fuji.