Artist

Katsushika Hokusai (1760~1849)

Japanese Woodblock Print  Name

#16 - Buyō Tsukuda-jima (Tsukuda Island in Musashi Province) 武陽佃島

From Series - Thirty six Views of Mount Fuji

Tsukudajima was named after the fishermen of Tsukuda Village in Settsu Province

who relocated there after cooperating with Tokugawa Ieyasu on his ferry across

the Kanzaki River.

It refers to the area around Tsukuda in Chuo Ward today.

In the past, it was a small island in Edo Bay without a bridge,

but whitebait fishing was popular, and four-handed fishing was carried out there

every year from November to around March of the following year,

and many artists depicted this scene as a seasonal feature of Edo.

Hokusai depicts Tsukudajima as a small island in the distance, and includes

boats of various uses, creating a work that truly exudes an atmosphere of boats.

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.