KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
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KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

Fugaku hyakkei (One hundred views of Mount Fuji)

Closed19 September 2023

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USD 20,000–30,000

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KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
Fugaku hyakkei (One hundred views of Mount Fuji)
Woodblock-printed illustrated book; 3 volumes, sold as is; orange red paper cover with printed title slip; published by Eirakuya Toshiro (Tohekido)
Fukurotojibon (pouch binding) hanshibon: 8 7/8 x 6 1/8 in. (22.5 x 15.6 cm.) each approx.
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Specialist note

Among the many publications in English that address One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji, Hokusai’s masterpiece of book illustration, see the following for cataloguing, images and commentary: Henry Smith, Hokusai: One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (New York: Braziller, 1988); Roger S. Keyes, Ehon: The Artist and the Book in Japan (The New York Public Library in association with The University of Washington Press, Seattle and London, 2006), cat. no. 54 (notes on page 286 give complete cataloguing and edition details); British Museum curatorial comments to accession number 1979,0305,0.454.1, accessible online; Timothy Clark, ed., Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave (The British Museum; Thames and Hudson, 2017); and Timothy Clark “One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji” PDF accessible online.