{"product_id":"hokusai-thirty-six-views-of-mount-fuji-9783836575720","title":"Hokusai. Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji","description":"\u003cp\u003eMount Fuji has long been \u003cstrong\u003ea centerpiece of Japanese cultural imagination\u003c\/strong\u003e, and nothing captures this with more virtuosity than the \u003cstrong\u003elandmark woodblock print series \u003cem\u003eThirty-six Views of Mount Fuji\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849). The renowned printmaker documents 19th-century Japan with exceptional artistry and adoration, celebrating its countryside, cities, people, and serene natural beauty. Produced\u003cstrong\u003e at the peak of Hokusai's artistic ambition\u003c\/strong\u003e, the series is \u003cstrong\u003ea quintessential work of \u003cem\u003eukiyo-e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e that earned the artist world-wide recognition as a leading master of his craft.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The prints illustrate Hokusai's own obsession with Mount Fuji as well as the flourishing domestic tourism of the late Edo period. Just as the mountain was a cherished view for travelers heading to the capital Edo (now Tokyo) along the Tōkaidō road, \u003cstrong\u003eMount Fuji is the infallible backdrop to each of the series' unique scenes\u003c\/strong\u003e. Hokusai captures the distinctive landscape and provincial charm of each setting with a \u003cstrong\u003evivid palette \u003c\/strong\u003eand \u003cstrong\u003eexquisite detail\u003c\/strong\u003e. Including the iconic \u003cem\u003eUnder the Great Wave off Kanagawa\u003c\/em\u003e (also\u003cem\u003e The Great Wave\u003c\/em\u003e), this widely celebrated series is \u003cstrong\u003ea treasure of international art history\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Among only a few complete reprints of the series, this \u003cstrong\u003eXXL edition\u003c\/strong\u003e pays homage to Hokusai's striking colors and compositions with \u003cstrong\u003eunprecedented care and magnitude\u003c\/strong\u003e. Bound in the Japanese tradition with \u003cstrong\u003euncut paper\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThirty-six Views of Mount Fuji\u003c\/em\u003e presents the original 36 plates plus the additional 10 later added by the artist. The perfect companion piece to TASCHEN's \u003cem\u003eOne Hundred Views of Edo\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Sixty-Nine Stations along the Kisokaidō\u003c\/em\u003e, this publication paints an enchanting picture of pre-industrial Japan and is itself\u003cstrong\u003e a stunning monument to the art of woodblock printing\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarks, Andreas:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Andreas Marks studied East Asian art history at the University of Bonn and obtained his PhD in Japanese studies from Leiden University with a thesis on 19th-century actor prints. From 2008 to 2013 he was director and chief curator of the Clark Center for Japanese Art in Hanford, California, and since 2013 has been the Mary Griggs Burke Curator of Japanese and Korean Art, head of the Department of Japanese and Korean Art, and director of the Clark Center for Japanese Art at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. He is the author of The Sixty-Nine Stations along the Kisokaido (2017), Japanese Woodblock Prints (2019), and Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (2021).","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525643047186,"sku":"9783836575720","price":192.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4529e454-7f33-4c75-abd7-ad03fc0b6217.jpg?v=1731229955","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hokusai-thirty-six-views-of-mount-fuji-9783836575720","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}