{"product_id":"hokusai-katsushika-cento-vedute-del-monte-fuji-n-86-1836-1847","title":"HOKUSAI KATSUHIKA, One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji n. 86, 1836-1847","description":"\u003cp\u003eSplendid proof with good contrasts, attributable to the print run of Eirakuya Tōshirō (mid-19th century) from the original woods of the Egawa workshop. Printed on Japanese paper, in excellent condition, with original untrimmed margins beyond the marginal line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnnotated 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: The Old Madman of Painting\u003c\/em\u003e, Milan 1999-2000, London 2003\u003cbr\u003eG.C. Calza, \u003cem\u003eHokusai: The One Hundred Views of 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\u003eThe scene depicts two bricklayers at work on a construction site along the banks of the Sumida River, probably in Edo, engaged in plastering a building used as a warehouse. The compositional layout is dominated by the complex geometry of the scaffolding, built on a strict cadence of straight lines that gives the image a tight and almost musical rhythm. In contrast to this structural order are the curved and dynamic forms of the workers' bodies, captured at the moment of maximum physical tension: one, below, shoveling the freshly mixed mortar; the other, above, spreading it with a trowel on the wall, leaving visible patches of still damp gray plaster.\u003cbr\u003eThe contrast between the rigidity of the wooden architecture and the concentrated energy of the human gestures enhances the perception of shared effort and the coordination necessary for the work, a theme particularly dear to Hokusai. The representation of the rhythms of collective labor indeed finds significant precedents in other works of his, such as the plate \u003cem\u003eHonjo Tatekawa\u003c\/em\u003e from the series \u003cem\u003eThirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji\u003c\/em\u003e, set in a lumber depot in Edo, or the scenes of workers engaged in throwing and arranging groups of tiles in \u003cem\u003eSurugachō\u003c\/em\u003e. In all these images, Hokusai transforms manual labor into a visual construction of great expressive strength, where the human gesture becomes a structural element of the landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Galleria Elena Salamon - Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Stampe Giapponesi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51989295038811,"sku":null,"price":280.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0405\/8110\/3766\/files\/HokusaiOneHundredViewsofMountFuji86.jpg?v=1767524028","url":"https:\/\/www.elenasalamon.com\/en\/products\/hokusai-katsushika-cento-vedute-del-monte-fuji-n-86-1836-1847","provider":"Galleria Elena Salamon - Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Stampe Giapponesi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}