36 Views of Mount Fuji, Goten-yama_hill, Shinagawa on the Tōkaidō, Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese Print

Goten-yama-hill at Shinagawa was known for its beautiful cherry blossoms during the famous Edo period. Hokusai did just one print about the cherry blossom in Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji. But an equally talented artist who printed several pieces of work about it is Utagawa Hiroshige. The people who take part in the viewing of the pale pink of the blossoms are the draw the attention of the fact that the Goten-yama-hill at Shinagawa was exceptionally beautiful.

They also seem to be enjoying the beautiful sightseeing of the Mount Fuji. But the three-men on the left-side of the Goten-yama-hill at Shinagawa on the Tokaido print seem to be enjoying their drinking and eating.

Katsushika Hokusai was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. Born in Edo (now Tokyo), Hokusai is best known as author of the woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (富嶽三十六景 Fugaku Sanjūroku-kei, c. 1831) which includes the internationally iconic print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa.

Hokusai created the “Thirty-Six Views” both as a response to a domestic travel boom and as part of a personal obsession with Mount Fuji. It was this series, specifically The Great Wave print and Fine Wind, Clear Morning, that secured Hokusai’s fame both in Japan and overseas. As historian Richard Lane concludes, “Indeed, if there is one work that made Hokusai’s name, both in Japan and abroad, it must be this monumental print-series”. While Hokusai’s work prior to this series is certainly important, it was not until this series that he gained broad recognition.

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