Soshu Umezawa hidari / Fugaku Sanju Rokkei

Medium:

Woodblock print

Format:

Oban

Source:

British Museum

Typical Price

Later reprint (Meiji–Taisho era publishers): $100–$800
Good later impression (Edo-period, worn blocks or faded color): $5,000–$20,000
Good early impression (crisp Prussian blue, vivid color, sound paper): $20,000–$80,000
Fine early impression (exceptional color, near-pristine condition): $80,000–$200,000

From Hokusai's flagship series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (1830–32). Non-iconic designs from this series sold for $30,000–$37,800 at Christie's Mar 2024. A complete set of 46 prints holds the artist record at $3,559,000 (Christie's, Mar 2024).

Description

This print, with a Japanese title translating roughly as "Left side of Umezawa in Sagami Province" from the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, depicts the Umezawa coastal lowlands looking toward Fuji across Sagami Bay. The view likely shows cranes wading in the marshes or reed beds with the mountain rising beyond — a combination of wildlife and volcanic grandeur typical of Hokusai's treatments of the Sagami coastal region.