Artist

Katsushika Hokusai (1760~1849)

Japanese Woodblock Print  Name

#17 - Kazusa no kairo (The Kazusa Province sea route)  上総ノ海路

From Series - Thirty six Views of Mount Fuji

This is a painting of two Go-dairi ships sailing through Edo Bay towards the Boso region.

 The Go-dairi ships were mainly loaded with rice and connected Edo and Kazusa;

there were ships that could carry 200, 300, or 500 bales,

and they were active as transport ships until around the end of the Meiji period.

The two Go-dairi ships take up most of the painting,

with only the curving land towards Miura and a small view of Mt. Fuji in the distance,

but this actually conveys the atmosphere of an expansive sea.

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.