Artist

Katsushika Hokusai (1760~1849)

Japanese Woodblock Print  Name 

#03 - Tōto sundai (Sundai, Edo) 東都駿台

From Series - Thirty six Views of Mount Fuji

A large tiled roof is depicted in the lower right of the painting,

and two large trees tower into the sky with an uphill slope to the left.

On the flat land behind them, the interdigitated roofs and snow-capped Mount Fuji are

 visible, but the sky is wide, giving the landscape a sense of depth and indicating

that the location is on high ground.

Surugadai is today's Ochanomizu Surugadai, and at the time there was said

to have been a slope called Fujimizaka, which offered excellent views of Mount Fuji.

The river flowing below the cliff in the center of the painting is thought to be the Kanda

 River.

Incidentally, the people travelling up and down the slope are a diverse group,

including farmers, samurai, monks, vendors, and travelers,

but not a single one of them pays attention to Mount Fuji,

and the fact that the scene is entirely male makes one wonder if there was some

 intention on Hokusai's part.

This series of Hokusai’s “Thirty Six Views of Mount Fuji” has been reproduced by

the Tokyo traditional Woodblock Print Association.

These traditional woodblock prints are produced by a contemporary dream team of many of the top skilled Japanese craftsmen, exactly as was the first edition at Edo-Tokyo Museum

Approx Image Size 

Height 25.00 cm  x Width 38.00 cm

(H 9.843 " x  W 14.961 ")

Condition  

The print is in perfect state.

It has never been rolled up or framed,

and has been kept in professional condition.

Color 

Please refer to our pictures for color.

The color of the actual woodblock prints may be slightly different from our online images because it is impossible to show the precise color of these fine art woodblock prints and the delicate texture of our long-lasting traditional craft-made Washi Paper.