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TATEKAWA CANAL IN HONJO

Katsushika Hokusai (1760 - 1849)
ca. 1831, Edo period / Woodblock, Nishiki-e
 
Lumberyard workers, one with a bucksaw, and a couple piling up wood blocks, accompany Mt. Fuji, which shows through the stock timbers in the yard. The writings on the timbers leaning on the yard gate put together form an advertisement for the print publisher, Eijudō.

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VIEW FROM SENJU

Katsushika Hokusai (1760 - 1849)
ca. 1831, Edo period / Woodblock, Nishiki-e
 
The print depicts a rifle and spear corps in a procession of daimyō （feudal lord）on the Senju　route, leaving Edo back to his country. Beyond the paddy fields after harvesting, there is Senju’s red-light district, overlooked by Mt.Fuji. The two farmars placed in the middle add a rustic ambiance to the scene.

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FUJI FROM GOTENYAMA AT SHINAGAWA ON THE TŌKAIDŌ HIGHWAY

Katsushika Hokusai (1760 - 1849)
ca. 1831, Edo period / Woodblock, Nishiki-e
 
There was a hill called Goten’yama, next to the lodging station of Shinagawa. An excellent view spot over the waters of the Edo bay, this was also a scenic ground with cherry blossoms in Spring. The print depicts townspeople of Edo in the foreground, enjoying themselves under the cherry trees, with Mt. Fuji in the distance beyond the sea.

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DAWN AT ISAWA IN KAI PROVINCE

Katsushika Hokusai (1760 - 1849)
ca. 1831, Edo period / Woodblock, Nishiki-e
 
Isawa was a station on the Kōshū route, on the waterfront of Fuefuki River (Yamanashi prefec-ture). The print depicts the station in early morning, already busy with travelers getting ready to be on their way. The dawning sky is rosy, against which Mt.Fuji appears still dark-ened, rising from the morning mist.

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BACK OF MT. FUJI OR 'URAFUJI' VIEWED FROM THE MINOBU RIVER

Katsushika Hokusai (1760 - 1849)
ca. 1831, Edo period / Woodblock, Nishiki-e
 
Kuonji Temple of Mt. Minobu in Yamanashi was busy with pilgrims during the Edo period. Trav-elers tread on the mountain path along the Mt. Minobu highway beside the rapid current of the Minobu river. Mt. Fuji peeks out behind the ragged rocky ranges. The rough and steep peaks amplify the sense of being in the depth of the mountains.

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NAKAHARA IN SAGAMI PROVINCE

Katsushika Hokusai (1760 - 1849)
ca. 1831, Edo period / Woodblock, Nishiki-e
 
相州仲原は、現在の平塚市中原と思われる。図は、行商人、修験者、六部姿の男や畑に向かう農婦などを配したひなびた街道風景で、大山の向こうに裾を長々と引いた富士を描く。

８２、Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji

ŌNO SHINDEN IN SURUGA PROVINCE

Katsushika Hokusai (1760 - 1849)
ca. 1831, Edo period / Woodblock, Nishiki-e
 
Ōno Shinden, was located between the lodging stations of Hara and Yoshiwara. This was the best vantage point to view Mt. Fuji from its front to admire the mountain’s elegant form. The print also depicts famers carrying reeds on their own backs or on the oxen, showing an aspect of the lives in the countryside.

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TEA PLANTATION AT KATAKURA IN-SURUGA PROVINCE

Katsushika Hokusai (1760 - 1849)
ca. 1831, Edo period / Woodblock, Nishiki-e
 
Men and women work in a tea production site, with Mt. Fuji forming part of the idyllic sight over the tea plantation. Shizuoka is known for tea production, and Katakura is believed to be present-day Nakano in Fuji City.

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FUJI VIEWED FROM KANAYA ON THE TŌKAIDŌ HIGHWAY

Katsushika Hokusai (1760 - 1849)
ca. 1831, Edo period / Woodblock, Nishiki-e
 
The Ōi river, situated between the Kanaya and Shimada stations, was the most notorious cross-ing on the Tōkaidō route. The swarming currents of the river are ferociously dynamic and render a rhythmical illusion that moves the porters and travelers with round hats into one direction.

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PILGRIMAGE TO MT. FUJI Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji

Katsushika Hokusai (1760 - 1849)
ca. 1831, Edo period / Woodblock, Nishiki-e
 
The only print in the series that does not feature Mt. Fuji, it instead depicts the popular custom of the pilgrimage to the holy mountain, which flourished among townspeople of Edo. The pil-grims in white costumes march through the steam rising from the gorges, chanting “rok-kon-shōjō” (the purification of the six senses of perception) as they head towards the summit.