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Katsushika Hokusai, 1760-1849 |
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Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji: Fuji from Goten-yama, at Shinagawa on the Tokaido [Edo] (Fugaku sanju-rokkei: Tokaido Shinagawa Goten-yama no Fuji) |
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view of rolling hills at Gotenyama revelers enjoying the blossoming cherry trees; signed zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu, published by Eijudo (Nishimura Yohachi), ca. 1832 |
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oban yoko-e 7/8 by 14 5/8 in., 25.1 by 37.2 cm |
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During the Kambun era (1661-1673) cherry saplings were transplanted from the famed Mt. Yoshino in the Yamato province to Gotenyama in Edo, thus providing the Edoko with their own locale for springtime cherry blossom viewing. |
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References: J. Hillier, Hokusai: Paintings, Drawings and Woodcuts, 1955, no. 63 Seiji Nagata, Hokusai: Genius of the Japanese Ukiyo-e, 1995, p. 45, no. 43 Gian Carlo Calza, Hokusai: Il vecchio pazzo per la pittura, 1999, p. 298, no. V.35.39 Gian Carlo Calza, Hokusai, 2003, p. 284, no. V.35.39 Jocelyn Bouquillard, Hokusai's Mount Fuji: The Complete Views in Color, 2007, pp. 100-101, no. 39 |
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$13,000 |
