One-Hundred Views of Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei)
- Date:
- c. 1834-35
- Medium:
- Woodblock printed book; 3 volumes complete
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
A standing female figure in elaborate, multi-layered flowing robes with scalloped, petal-like hems and trailing drapery pooling at her feet occupies the center of this book page; her long loose hair falls beneath a tall headdress of spiky, branch-like ornaments, and she holds a round mirror in one hand while gazing downward. She stands on a rocky outcrop rising from stylized cloud forms, rendered in black outline with grey stippled and solid shading against cream paper, framed by a black rule border, with a vertical cartouche of Japanese characters in the upper left corner. The monochrome illustration is a page from Katsushika Hokusai's *One-Hundred Views of Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei)*, 1829, a woodblock-printed book in three volumes complete.
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
One-Hundred Views of Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei) was created by Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎) in c. 1834-35.
One-Hundred Views of Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei) depicts landscapes and mount fuji.