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Description: | RH, mount s. on plate t.l "Hokusai aratame I-Itsu hitsu"; inscr. on plate t. l. "36 Views of Mount Fuji - Cushion Pine at Aoyama" (translation) CRE HOKUSAI, Katsushika; (Japanese; 1760-1849) PUB Nishimura-ya Yohachi (Eijudo) Whistler collection (W 9).
From Hokusai's most famous series, the "36 Views of Mount Fuji", which immortalised Japan's most sacred mountain.
The print depicts a group of men seated on a rocky outcrop enjoying a picnic with a spectacular view of Aoyama and Mount Fuji before them. A father and child follow a narrow path that leads to the group. Amongst the trees, glimpses of a torii shinto gate can be discerned and to the left of the composition, the legs and broom of a man sweeping up dead pine needles can also be seen.
The negative space outlined by the curving summit of Aoyama and the sloping angle of roofs creates a second image of Mount Fuji, rotated by 180 degrees.
In this print Hokusai uses the newly imported Berlin Blue or Prussian Blue ('Bero-ai') to capture the intensity of the blue sky. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | JAPAN : LANDSCAPE : PINE TREE : PRINTS OWNED BY WHISTLER : 36 VIEWS OF MOUNT FUJI : IAA : JAPANESE PRINT : LANTERN : MOUNTAIN : PICNIC : ROSALIND BIRNIE PHILIP : UKIYO-E : BERLIN BLUE : BERO AI : PRUSSIAN BLUE : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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