PrintsJapanese19th century

Shichiri Beach in Sagami Province (Sōshū shichiri-ga-hama), from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

c. 1831

Artists

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎Artist

Nishimuraya Yohachi 西村屋与八Publisher

Description

The print is designed in blue, gree and white. An irregular rocky peninsula juts out from the right with clumps of trees rising against the distant snowy mass of Fuji. Young pines on the foreground hill. White clouds contrast with the deep blue of the horizon. Blue outline.

Classification

Prints

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

ōban: H. 24.7 × W. 36.2 cm (9 3/4 × 14 1/4 in.)

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