One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei, sanpen 富嶽百景三編) : [volume 3]

Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849 · 1849 · Nagoya: Eirakuya Tōshirō 永楽屋東四郎 · 25 pictures

This is a Japanese woodblock print book, volume three of Hokusai's One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji, published in Nagoya in 1849 by Eirakuya Tōshirō for a general readership. Its double-page spreads place Mount Fuji in the distance behind rural scenes, with villagers, farmers, pilgrims and soldiers in the foreground, drawn in fine, economical ink lines with light grey wash. A designer might take the device of a small, distant landmark framing everyday activity, and the open composition that leaves large areas of blank paper around the figures.

Fuji, Mount (Japan)

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