Artist

Katsushika Hokusai (1760~1849)

Japanese Woodblock Print  Name

#26 - Sōshū Nakahara (Nakahara in Sagami Province) 相州仲原

From Series - Thirty six Views of Mount Fuji

Sagami Nakahara is thought to be present-day Nakahara,

Hiratsuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture.

At the time it was a busy road leading to pilgrimages to Mt.

Oyama, but as you can see in this illustration, it was a remote area.

The painting depicts traveling merchants and farmers, as if to show the bustle of traffic,

 but there is also a man who appears to be on a pilgrimage to Mt. Oyama.

The painting would have been painted in June or July, when people would make

 pilgrimages to Mt. Oyama, and the colors overall are bright,

with a late summer to early autumn feel.

What is strange, however, is that Mt. Fuji is covered in snow from the summit to the

 middle of the mountain, which is thought to have been Hokusai's intention,

but this is not clear.

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.