{"product_id":"hokusai-katsushika-cento-vedute-del-monte-fuji-n-91-1836-1847","title":"HOKUSAI KATSUHIKA, One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji n. 91, 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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCommentary\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe print shows a scene of daily life along the Sumida River in Edo, with Mount Fuji visible through the grid of a \u003cem\u003eshoji\u003c\/em\u003e, the classic Japanese sliding wall, here leaning against a post as a temporary divider. \u003cbr\u003eIn the foreground, a painter is making the final touches to a lantern-sign of a boat rental shop, tasked with advertising the newly opened business. On the lantern, written in Hokusai's distinctive hand, appears the name of the shop, \u003cem\u003e“Fuji-ya”\u003c\/em\u003e, accompanied by the slogan \u003cem\u003e“senkyaku banrai”\u003c\/em\u003e (“a thousand customers, ten thousand visits”), an expression of hope for a continuous flow of patrons. The sign also lists the variety of boats available: covered pleasure boats (\u003cem\u003e“yanebune”\u003c\/em\u003e), small cargo ships (\u003cem\u003e“nirari”\u003c\/em\u003e), fast-taxi boats for two or three passengers (\u003cem\u003e“chokibune”\u003c\/em\u003e), and fishing boats (\u003cem\u003e“tsuribune”\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003cbr\u003eThe title of the print, \u003cem\u003eMi kiri\u003c\/em\u003e, has raised some perplexity: although the term commonly means “to sell cheaply,” a more literal meaning, “cut vision,” is also documented, referring to a partition or screen, as here. Hokusai thus plays with the structure of the \u003cem\u003eshoji\u003c\/em\u003e, transforming it into a filter through which Fuji appears in the distance, combining urban life, commercial activity, and contemplation of the landscape into a single harmonious composition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Galleria Elena Salamon - Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Stampe Giapponesi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51979861197147,"sku":null,"price":350.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0405\/8110\/3766\/files\/HokusaiOneHundredViewsofMountFuji91.jpg?v=1767372113","url":"https:\/\/www.elenasalamon.com\/en\/products\/hokusai-katsushika-cento-vedute-del-monte-fuji-n-91-1836-1847","provider":"Galleria Elena Salamon - Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Stampe Giapponesi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}