In this print from Hokusai's "Fugaku Sanjurokkei" series, the post-station of Hodogaya on the Tokaido highway provides a foreground through which Mount Fuji is framed in the middle distance. Three tall pine trees dominate the center of the composition, their trunks rising to divide the picture field while travelers in kasa hats and rain gear move along the road beneath. Fuji appears relatively small and pale in the upper right quadrant, its snow cap rendered in the Prussian blue (bero ai) pigment that Hokusai adopted from European sources for this series, giving the compositions their characteristic cool luminosity. Published by Nishimuraya Yohachi beginning around 1830, the series employed the Prussian blue to unify visual atmosphere across diverse compositions. Hodogaya, located near present-day Yokohama, was one of the closest Tokaido stations to Edo and served as an early landmark for travelers departing the city, giving the station particular familiarity for the series' audience.
1821
Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; surimono shikishiban
1822
Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono
1822
Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono
c. 1832
Color woodblock print; oban
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Tokaido Hodogaya, from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)" was created by Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎).
Yes — Tokaido Hodogaya, from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)" is part of the Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji series (print 36 of 46) by Katsushika Hokusai.
Tokaido Hodogaya, from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)" depicts landscapes, mount fuji, and animals.
Tokaido Hodogaya, from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)" measures 25.8 × 37.4 cm.