Artist

Katsushika Hokusai (1760~1849)

Japanese Woodblock Print  Name

#13 - Sumidagawa Sekiya no sato (Barrier Town on the Sumida River) 隅田川関屋の里

From Series - Thirty six Views of Mount Fuji

It is known that Fujiwara Mitsutoshi wrote about this area in his waka poetry,

but Sekiya Village was a general term for the area from Terashima Village on the Sumida

 River to the Senju Riverside area.

In the past, it was a remote area covered with grasslands and rice fields,

with few houses, just like in the painting.

Hokusai has placed a large, meandering bank in this idyllic landscape and depicted three

 horses galloping with men on their backs,

combining stillness and movement in a single painting. 

Even so, the galloping figures on horseback are bent over and

their faces are hidden by their hats, but it is mysterious how they all appear

to be looking straight ahead.

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.