{"product_id":"hokusai-katsushika-cento-vedute-del-monte-fuji-n-55-1834","title":"HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji No. 55, 1834","description":"\u003cp\u003eA splendid impression with good contrasts, attributable to the Eirakuya Tōshirō edition (mid-19th century) from the original woodblocks of the Egawa workshop. Printed on Japanese paper, in excellent condition, with original untrimmed margins beyond the borderline.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSelected Bibliography\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eH.D. Smith II, \u003cem\u003eHokusai: One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji\u003c\/em\u003e, New York: George Braziller, 1988\u003cbr\u003eM. Forrer, \u003cem\u003eHokusai\u003c\/em\u003e, London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1991\u003cbr\u003eM. Forrer, \u003cem\u003eHokusai\u003c\/em\u003e, New York: Rizzoli, 1988\u003cbr\u003eM. Forrer, \u003cem\u003eHokusai: Prints and Drawings\u003c\/em\u003e, Munich: Prestel, 1991\u003cbr\u003eG.C. Calza, \u003cem\u003eHokusai: il vecchio pazzo per la pittura\u003c\/em\u003e, Milan 1999-2000, London 2003\u003cbr\u003eG.C. Calza, \u003cem\u003eHokusai: le cento vedute del Fuji\u003c\/em\u003e, Milan: Editoriale Nuova, 1982\u003cbr\u003eJ. Hillier, \u003cem\u003eThe Art of Hokusai in Book Illustration\u003c\/em\u003e, London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1980\u003cbr\u003eJ. Hillier, L. Smith, \u003cem\u003eJapanese Prints: 300 Years of Albums and Books\u003c\/em\u003e, London: British Museum Publications, 1980\u003cbr\u003eR.S. Keyes, \u003cem\u003eEhon: The Artist and the Book in Japan\u003c\/em\u003e, New York: George Braziller, 2006\u003cbr\u003eT. Clark (ed.), \u003cem\u003eHokusai: Beyond the Great Wave\u003c\/em\u003e, London: British Museum Press, 2017\u003cbr\u003eM. Forrer, W.R. van Gulik, \u003cem\u003eHokusai and His School: Paintings, Drawings and Illustrated Books\u003c\/em\u003e, Leiden: Society for Japanese Arts and Crafts, 1991\u003cbr\u003eThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search\/78803\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search\/78803\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCommentary\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA striking and fascinating nocturnal view, the scene shows Mount Fuji illuminated by the full moonlight, which reflects on a lake or river in the distance. In the background, women beat clothes on a fulling block, according to an autumn custom intended to soften and polish cotton. This work was often done at night to speed up preparations for winter. The image of clothes beaters illuminated by the autumn moon has become a recurring poetic and pictorial motif, widely represented in \u003cem\u003eukiyo-e\u003c\/em\u003e prints and also depicted by Hokusai in other works, such as the view of the poet Narihira in the \u003cem\u003eShika shashinkyō\u003c\/em\u003e series (c. 1834).\u003cbr\u003eThe moon, filtering through the branches of a willow, illuminates the female figures and the watercourse below, creating a suspended atmosphere. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Galleria Elena Salamon - Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Stampe Giapponesi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52893304258907,"sku":null,"price":650.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0405\/8110\/3766\/files\/HokusaiKatsushikaOneHundredViewsofMountFuji55.jpg?v=1777457949","url":"https:\/\/www.elenasalamon.com\/en\/products\/hokusai-katsushika-cento-vedute-del-monte-fuji-n-55-1834","provider":"Galleria Elena Salamon - Arte Moderna","version":"1.0","type":"link"}