Hokusai "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" Digital Remix

2024.04.19(Fri) - 2024.05.21(Tue)

Hokusai's "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" Digital Remix Images

Katsushika Hokusai's "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" is a monumental series of landscape prints that not only show the majesty of Mount Fuji, but also depict the lively lives of ordinary people working in various locations around Mount Fuji.
Its unique composition is known for its global influence, inspiring the works of Claude Monet and Paul Cézanne.
In particular, "Under the Waves off Kanagawa" is known in the West as "the Great Wave," and a wave is featured on the cover design of the first edition of the orchestral piece "La Mer" by French composer Claude Debussy.
In this exhibition, high-definition digital images of "Fine Wind, Clear Morning," also known as "Under the Waves Off Kanagawa" and "Red Fuji," will be taken and remixed (reconstructed) into original film projections using the techniques of our museum staff.
In addition, photographs of the current scenery of the locations where the works were painted will be photographed and exhibited, conveying new appeal through the reconstruction.
Enjoy the timeless charm of "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" in a new digital remix experience, even 190 years after its publication.

Highlight

①All 46 artworks on display!　

The original 36 prints of "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" were so well received that 10 more were added, bringing the total to 46. All 46 prints will be on display at this exhibition.

② Printmaking techniques combined with digital technology Check out the techniques of printing with high-definition video.

　Using digital materials captured as high-definition images at 150 million pixels, "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" will be remixed as a large-screen projection. With magnifications impossible to achieve with the naked eye, you can enjoy an immersive visual space that allows you to see the texture of the paper and the techniques of the printing process.

③Landscape paintings x digital Compare landscapes that still retain their original appearance digitally.

The exhibition will feature original research into the locations where the works were painted during the Edo period, and a comparative exhibition using video and images. Please enjoy the remixed original shots of townscapes that still retain their original appearance and landscapes that have changed since then.

About Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji

Katsushika Hokusai's "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" is a series published by Nishimura Eijudo beginning around 1831, amid growing interest in travel and recreation in the late Edo period and the popularity of Mount Fuji worship at the time. These works were not published all at once, but rather were produced intermittently over several years. The series comprises 46 prints, including the original 36 prints and 10 additional prints published in response to popular demand. Using geometric shapes such as triangles and circles, the series employs innovative compositions and perspective techniques to depict Mount Fuji in various locations, times, and seasons. The series also effectively utilizes the vibrant colors of a chemical pigment called "Bero Indigo," imported from the West. While Hokusai had previously produced landscapes, such as Tōkaidō-e and meisho-e, "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" is a monumental work that established the genre of ukiyo-e landscape prints, placing the landscape itself as the central focus.

Katsushika Hokusai

Hokusai was born in 1760 in Honjo Warisemizu, Edo. After gaining employment as a woodblock engraver at a young age, he aspired to become an artist and became a student of Katsukawa Shunsho (1726-1792) in 1778. After Shunsho's death, he left the Katsukawa school and continued to study the techniques of various schools, including the Kano, Tosa, Rinpa, and Western-style painting. He changed his name more than 30 times throughout his life, including Hokusai, Daito, Tameichi, and Manji, and each time he changed his style. Over his 90-year life, he produced numerous works, including illustrations for reading books, original drawings, illustrated manuscripts such as "Hokusai Manga," and landscape prints such as "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji."

Main exhibits

The Great Wave off Kanagawa

Yamashita Hakuu

Bishu Fujimihara

Koshu Ishibanzawa