| Title: |
Haichu No Fuji 'Fugaku hyakkei' (Fuji in a Wine Cup 'One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji') |
| Artist: |
Hokusai, Katsushika (Tokyo (Edo), Japan, 1760 - 1849) |
| Date: |
1834 & 1835 (Tohekido Edition: 1852) |
| Medium: |
Original Japanese Woodcut |
| Publisher: |
Tohekido |
| Note: |
Katsushika Hokusai: The most influential Japanese master of landscapes
and figure studies, Katsushika Hokusai created many masterpieces throughout his
long and productive
life. Studying under Shunsho, Hokusai's earliest art was devoted to competent
actor prints and figure studies in the style of his master. Then, in the
first decade of the nineteenth century, Hokusai's tireless studies led
him to examine both Western art and Chinese paintings and prints. He thus
broke from the standard 'Ukiyo-e' style to forge a path for his own unique
genius. This would lead him to some of the greatest artistic examinations
of the relationship between man and nature in the history of art, such
as, Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji (1831) and Fugaku hyakkei (One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji) (1834-1835). |
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In many ways, Hokusai's two series of Fuji woodcuts stand as the culmination
of both his life and art. After all, such recognizable masterpieces as "The
Great Wave" originates from these sets. Mount Fuji, however, represented
much more to both the Japanese people and to Katsushika Hokusai. It stood as a primary
symbol in all Japanese religions and came to signify for Hokusai the complex
workings of immortality. In this vein the artist did not embark upon his
greatest woodcuts until after age seventy and was firmly convinced that
even finer art would be crafted by him at the ripe age of one hundred.
Thus Hokusai did not sign the woodcuts from the Fugaku hyakkei (One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji) with his name, but with the appellation, 'Old Man Mad About Drawing'. |
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Katsushika Hokusai was firmly convinced that One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji constituted
his best collection of art. Most scholars today agree. Each of the one
hundred woodcuts is unified by the presence of Mt. Fuji, either in detail,
in the background or in a reflected surface, such as water, mirrors and
even within the shiny surface of a teacup. Each is further united in its
most penetrating examination of life and nature. It is not an exaggeration
to state that the One Hundred Views stands as one of the greatest achievements
of world art. Haichu No Fuji (Fuji in a Wine Cup) is a fine, original example
of the woodcuts Hokusai created for this set. |
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The publishing history of the Fugaku hyakkei (One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji) is well documented.
The entire set consists of three volumes. Volumes 1 and 2 were first published
in Edo in 1834 & 1835. Known as the 'falcon tail' edition the blocks were again
reprinted in a second edition before the famine of 1837. Both volumes were
then re-issued by Tohekido in Nagoya at the time of the first publication
of Volume 3 in the late 1840's . Then, around 1852, a more complex edition
was introduced by Tohekido in which completely new color blocks were designed
and cut to be printed with Hokusai's original key blocks; one in gray and
one in salmon pink. Sochu No Fuji (Fuji in a Window) hails from this edition, the
only edition, in fact, that contains the extra color printing. All woodcuts
from editions of the One Hundred Views are very scarce and in great demand. |
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This famous Hokusai woodcut is
based upon the folk tale of Hagoromo, the 'Feathered Robe'. The tale concerns
a fisherman named Hakuryo who arrives at the beach of Miho on Suruga Bay
and discovers a beautiful feathered robe hanging from a pine tree. He is
overjoyed by his discovery and pours wine from his flask into his cup.
At this moment he is delighted to discover the important reflection of
Fuji in his cup. |
| Raisonne: |
Henry Smith, Hokusai: One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji,Braziller, New York,
1988. |
| Edition: |
Catalogue #39. Fourth Edition as Issued by Tohikedo in 1852. |
| Source: |
Fugaku hyakkei (One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji) |
| Size: |
7 X 5 Small Chuban (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
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Framed and Matted with 100% Archival Materials |
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Price: $950.00 US |
| Condition: |
Printed on nineteenth century Japanese mulberry (rice) paper and with
full margins as published by Tohekido Iin 1852. A superb, richly printed
impression and in excellent condition throughout. Haichu No Fuji ("Fuji
in a Wine Cup") represents a brilliant, original example of the famous landscape art of Katsushika Hokusai. |
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