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Katsushika Hokusai - Konya'cho no Fuji Fugaku hyakkei Fuji of the Dyers' Quarter One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji

Konya'cho no Fuji 'Fugaku hyakkei' (Fuji of the Dyers' Quarter 'One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji')

Katsushika Hokusai's original woodcut, Konya'cho no Fuji (Fuji of the Dyers' Quarter) belongs to the Tohekido edition of, Fugaku hyakkei (One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji), which was published in the 1852 Tohekido edtion. In the foreground we see the strips of cotton hanging from a dyer's rooftop drying stand. Mt. Fuji appears in the background. Typical of Hokusai, Konya'cho no Fuji challenges and enriches our way of seeing. The strong vertical lines of the cloths is played against the diagonal lines of the poles and the mountain itself. And only upon careful scrutiny does one discern that one of the cloths is moving. An invisible hand below is lifting this cloth up to the drying stand by means of a bamboo pole. Konya'cho no Fuji (Fuji of the Dyers' Quarter) is a striking, original example of the famous landscape art created by the Japanese artist, Katsushika Hokusai.
 
Title: Konya'cho no Fuji 'Fugaku hyakkei' (Fuji of the Dyers' Quarter 'One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji')
Artist: Hokusai, Katsushika (Tokyo (Edo), Japan, 1760 - 1849)
Date: 1834 & 1835 (Tohekido Edition: 1852)
Medium: Original Japanese Woodcut
Publisher: Tohekido
Note: Katsushika Hokusai: The most influential Japanese master of landscapes and figure studies, Katsushika Hokusai created many masterpieces throughout his long and productive life. Studying under Shunsho, Hokusai’s earliest art was devoted to competent actor prints and figure studies in the style of his master. Then, in the first decade of the nineteenth century, Hokusai’s tireless studies led him to examine both Western art and Chinese paintings and prints. He thus broke from the standard ‘Ukiyo-e’ style to forge a path for his own unique genius. This would lead him to some of the greatest artistic examinations of the relationship between man and nature in the history of art, such as, Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji (1831) and Fugaku hyakkei (One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji) (1834-1835).
  In many ways, Hokusai’s two series of Fuji woodcuts stand as the culmination of both his life and art. After all, such recognizable masterpieces as “The Great Wave” originates from these sets. Mount Fuji, however, represented much more to both the Japanese people and to Katsushika Hokusai. It stood as a primary symbol in all Japanese religions and came to signify for Hokusai the complex workings of immortality. In this vein the artist did not embark upon his greatest woodcuts until after age seventy and was firmly convinced that even finer art would be crafted by him at the ripe age of one hundred. Thus Hokusai did not sign the woodcuts from the Fugaku hyakkei (One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji) with his name, but with the appellation, ‘Old Man Mad About Drawing’.
  Katsushika Hokusai was firmly convinced that Fugaku hyakkei (One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji) constituted his best collection of artwork. Most scholars today agree. Each of the one hundred woodcuts (either single panels or diptychs) is unified by the presence of Mt. Fuji, either in detail, in the background or in a reflected surface, such as water, mirrors and even within the shiny surface of a teacup. Each is further united in its most penetrating examination of life and nature. It is not an exaggeration to state that the One Hundred Views stands as one of the greatest achievements of world art.
  The publishing history of the Fugaku hyakkei (One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji) is well is well documented. The entire set consists of three volumes. Volumes 1 and 2 were first published in Edo in 1834-35. Known as the ‘falcon tail’ edition the blocks were again reprinted in a second edition before the famine of 1837. Both volumes were then re-issued by Tohekido in Nagoya at the time of the first publication of Volume 3 in the late 1840’s. Then, around 1852, a more complex edition was introduced by Tohekido in which completely new color blocks were designed and cut to be printed with Hokusai’s original key blocks; one in grey and one in salmon pink. This original woodcut, entitled, Konya'cho no Fuji hails from this edition, the only edition, in fact, that contains the extra color printing. All woodcuts from editions of the One Hundred Views are very scarce and in great demand.
  Konya'cho no Fuji (Fuji of the Dyers' Quarter): In the foreground of this original Hokusai woodcut, we see the strips of cotton fabric hanging from a dyer's rooftop drying stand. Mt. Fuji appears in the background. Typical of Hokusai, Konya'cho no Fuji challenges and enriches our way of seeing. The strong vertical lines of the cloths is played against the diagonal lines of the poles and the mountain itself. And only upon careful scrutiny does one discern that one of the cloths is moving. An invisible hand below is lifting this cloth up to the drying stand by means of a bamboo pole. The title of this original woodcut translates to Fuji of the dyers' quarter. The Harvard Art Museum, Department of Asian Art, Division of Asian and Mediterranean art, includes an impression of Konya'cho no Fuji in its collection, (Inventory # 1933.4.1068).
Raisonne: Henry Smith, Hokusai: One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji,Braziller, New York, 1988.
Edition: Catalogue #38. Fourth Edition as Issued by Tohikedo in 1852.
Source: Fugaku hyakkei (One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji)
Size: 7 1/4 X 5 Small Chuban (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
  Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Buy Now Price: $550.00 US
Condition: Printed on nineteenth century Japanese mulberry (rice) paper and with full margins as published by Tohekido in 1852. A fine, richly printed impression and in excellent condition throughout. Konya'cho no Fuji (Fuji of the Dyers' Quarter) represents a brilliant, original example of the famous landscape art of Katsushika Hokusai.
Subject: Hokusai, original woodcut, Konya'cho no Fuji (Fuji of the Dyers' Quarter), One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji, landscape art of Hokusai, ways of seeing.
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Original Woodcut by the Japanese artist, Katsushika Hokusai

Konya'cho no Fuji Fuji of the Dyers Quarter Original Woodcut by the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai Fugaku hyakkei One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji
Konya'cho no Fuji 'Fugaku hyakkei' (Fuji of the Dyers' Quarter 'One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji')

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Katsushika Hokusai (Tokyo (Edo), Japan, 1760 - 1849)
# Image Title & Artist Medium Date Publisher Source -
01.- A Hero with a PrisonerPortraits of Suikoden Heroes by Katsushika Hokusai A Hero with a Prisoner (Portraits of Suikoden Heroes) by Katsushika Hokusai Original Japanese Woodcut 1829 Hanabusaya Heikichi Chugi Suikoden Ehon (Portraits of Suikoden Heroes)  
02.- Gekka no Fuji Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai Gekka no Fuji (Fuji under the Moon) by Katsushika Hokusai Original Japanese Woodcut (Diptych) 1834 & 1835 (Tohekido Edition: 1852) Tohekido Fugaku hyakkei (One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji)  
03.- Haichu No Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai Haichu No Fuji (Fuji in a Wine Cup) by Katsushika Hokusai Original Japanese Woodcut 1834 & 1835 (Tohekido Edition: 1852) Tohekido Fugaku hyakkei (One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji)  
04.- Konya'cho no Fuji Fuji of the Dyers' Quarter by Katsushika Hokusai Konya'cho no Fuji (Fuji of the Dyers' Quarter) by Katsushika Hokusai Original Japanese Woodcut 1834 & 1835 (Tohekido Edition: 1852) Tohekido Fugaku hyakkei (One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji)  
05.- Shashin no Fuji Drawing Fuji from Life by Katsushika Hokusai Shashin no Fuji (Drawing Fuji from Life) by Katsushika Hokusai Original Japanese Woodcut 1834 & 1835 (Tohekido Edition: 1852) Tohekido Fugaku hyakkei (One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji) Sold
06.- Sochu No Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai Sochu No Fuji (Fuji in a Window) by Katsushika Hokusai Original Japanese Woodcut 1834 & 1835 (Tohekido Edition: 1852) Tohekido Fugaku hyakkei (One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji)  
07.- Suberi by Katsushika Hokusai Suberi (Sliding Down) by Katsushika Hokusai Original Japanese Woodcut 1834 & 1835 (Tohekido Edition, c. 1847) Tohekido Fugaku hyakkei (One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji) Sold
08.- Surprise Attack (Portraits of Suikoden Heroes by Katsushika Hokusai Surprise Attack (Portraits of Suikoden Heroes) by Katsushika Hokusai Original Japanese Woodcut (Diptych) 1829 Hanabusaya Heikichi Fugaku hyakkei (One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji)  
09.- Two Heroes Portraits of Suikoden Heroes by Katsushika Hokusai Two Heroes (Portraits of Suikoden Heroes) by Katsushika Hokusai Original Japanese Woodcut 1829 Hanabusaya Heikichi Chugi Suikoden Ehon (Portraits of Suikoden Heroes) Sold
10.- Uneri Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai Uneri Fuji (Fuji on the Swell) by Katsushika Hokusai Original Japanese Woodcut (Diptych) 1834 & 1835 (Tohekido Edition: 1852) Tohekido Fugaku hyakkei (One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji)  
11.- Yuki no ashita no Fuji Fuji the Day after Snow by Katsushika Hokusai Yuki no ashita no Fuji (Fuji the Day after Snow) by Katsushika Hokusai Original Japanese Woodcut (Diptych) 1834 & 1835 (Tohekido Edition: 1852) Tohekido Fugaku hyakkei (One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji)  

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