Nakahara in Sagami Province (Soshu Nakahara), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"
- Series:
- Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (print 40 of 46)
- Date:
- ca. 1833
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Dimensions:
- 26.5 × 38.8 cm
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
From Hokusai's landmark series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei, c. 1830–1832), this oban-format nishiki-e depicts the Nakahara district of Sagami Province, in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture. The composition places Mount Fuji in the middle or far distance, rising above the level plain of the Sagami lowlands with characteristic geometric clarity. Hokusai's Sagami Province prints in this series often include agricultural workers or travelers in the foreground, using the human scale to underscore the mountain's commanding height. Nakahara lay along one of the main routes connecting Edo to the Tokaido road, making it a familiar transit landscape for the series' urban audience. The print employs the Prussian blue (bero-ai, or Berlin blue) that Hokusai adopted extensively in this series after the pigment became available through Dutch trade — a color that distinguishes the Thirty-six Views from earlier ukiyo-e landscape work and gives Fuji's silhouette its characteristic cool-toned clarity against open sky.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Nakahara in Sagami Province (Soshu Nakahara), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)" was created by Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎) in ca. 1833.
Yes — Nakahara in Sagami Province (Soshu Nakahara), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)" is part of the Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji series (print 40 of 46) by Katsushika Hokusai.
Nakahara in Sagami Province (Soshu Nakahara), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)" depicts landscapes and mount fuji.
Nakahara in Sagami Province (Soshu Nakahara), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)" measures 26.5 × 38.8 cm.