PrintsJapanese

Fuji from Kanaya on the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō Kanaya no Fuji), 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

Classification

Prints

Medium

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

paper: 26.2 x 38.2 cm (10 5/16 x 15 1/16 in.) printing block, approx.: 25.7 x 37.9 cm (10 1/8 x 14 15/16 in.)

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