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One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku Hyakkei shohen 富嶽百景 初編) : [volume 1]

Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849 · 1834 · Nagoya: Eirakuya Tōshirō, 永楽屋東四郎; Edo: Nishimura Yūzō, 西村祐蔵. · 22 pictures

A volume of woodblock-printed landscape prints by Katsushika Hokusai, published in 1834 in Nagoya and Edo, showing Mount Fuji from many places and in the daily lives of people nearby. The pictures are open double-page spreads in pale grey ink with small figures set against wide views, layered hills, and rivers, offering a designer examples of economical line work and how a distant peak can anchor a composition.

Fuji, Mount (Japan)

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