{"product_id":"hokusai-katsushika-cento-vedute-del-monte-fuji-n-93-1836-1847","title":"HOKUSAI KATSUHIKA, One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji n. 93, 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 panel represents a summer scene, a period considered particularly insidious due to diseases and heat, and therefore rich in rituals aimed at driving away evil spirits. At the center of the composition, the elegant slopes of Mount Fuji are inscribed in a sort of garland, evoking a sense of harmony between nature and ritual. The garland is made of \u003cem\u003echigaya\u003c\/em\u003e, a medicinal grass from the rice family, rolled into a circle and hung on a \u003cem\u003etorii\u003c\/em\u003e, the shrine's gate, as protection against summer miasmas. The evening before the first day of the sixth month, a purification ceremony was held, during which the faithful passed through the circle to rid themselves of the malevolent effects of summer. In the scene, a Shinto priest blesses the \u003cem\u003echinowa\u003c\/em\u003e with a \u003cem\u003egohei\u003c\/em\u003e, a paper wand, emphasizing the sacred nature of the rite.\u003cbr\u003eTo the left of the composition, there is a spring gushing from a tree, known as \u003cem\u003esuisei-ki\u003c\/em\u003e, sacred water considered miraculous, especially for eye diseases. According to the \u003cem\u003eEdo meisho zue\u003c\/em\u003e (1834), in the fourth month of Genroku 15 (1702), a divine sign produced a sacred spring from the enoki tree (Chinese hackberry) in the enclosure of the Takada Inari shrine in Edo; the visually impaired could wash with this water and obtain healing. In the panel, the man on the left seems to be applying the water to his eyes, recalling this tradition.\u003cbr\u003eHokusai revisits the same theme in \u003cem\u003eHokusai Manga\u003c\/em\u003e vol. XIV. The original tree of Takada Inari survived until World War II, then was destroyed during the bombings, while the shrine was relocated near Waseda University.\u003cbr\u003eOverall, the panel blends the landscape observation of Fuji with religious and ritual practices, combining nature, poetry, and devotion into a single, refined symbolic picture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Galleria Elena Salamon - Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Stampe Giapponesi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51979812208987,"sku":null,"price":400.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0405\/8110\/3766\/files\/HokusaiOneHundredViewsofMountFuji93_d3f02d06-365b-46b3-9c1a-5ebeb6a7643e.jpg?v=1767371738","url":"https:\/\/www.elenasalamon.com\/en\/products\/hokusai-katsushika-cento-vedute-del-monte-fuji-n-93-1836-1847","provider":"Galleria Elena Salamon - Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Stampe Giapponesi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}