HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Cento vedute del monte Fuji n. 30, 1834 sculture and fishing boats (“tsuribune”)

and fishing boats (“tsuribune”)

while in Japanese mythology it embodies the spiritual power of celestial spaces

L’alternanza di picchi frastagliati

una soluzione pratica e diffusamente utilizzata fino ai primi anni del XX secolo

The compositional idea is particularly clever: the net becomes both a working tool and a visual device that frames the landscape

HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Cento vedute del monte Fuji n. 30, 1834 sculture and fishing boats (“tsuribune”)Beautiful proof with good contrasts, attributable to the print run of Eirakuya Tshir (mid 19th century) from the original woods of the Egawa workshop. Printed on Japanese paper, in excellent condition, with original untrimmed margins beyond the marginal line. Annotated Bibliography H. D. Smith II, Hokusai: One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji, New York: George Braziller, 1988 M. Forrer, Hokusai, London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1991 M. Forrer, Hokusai, New