The Floating World

Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Reflection in Lake at Misaka in Kai Province

甲州三坂水面 · Kōshū Misaka suimen

Katsushika Hokusai · c. 1830–32

それは何か

Fuji rises over the lake at Misaka in Kai, and its reflection lies upside down in the still water below.

なぜ重要か

Of the forty-six, this is the design that asks the viewer to compare two mountains on one sheet.

注目すべき点

Set the two side by side: the mountain in the sky is bare in summer colour, and the one in the water wears a cap of snow.

The water shows the mountain as it might be, and the sky shows it as it is that day.

記録

作者
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760–1849)
シリーズ
Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)
制作年
c. 1830–32
版元
Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō)
技法
woodblock print; ink and color on paper
出典
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · JP14

摺りについて。 The series sold well and was printed in large numbers. The first sheets lean on the newly imported Prussian blue, outlines included; later printings add colours and soften the key block. This is the largest clean open impression of the design the Met holds. 摺りによる違いは実在します——拭き取りや退色は一枚ごとに異なり、公開コレクションの中から最良の一枚を選ぶことこそ、当店の学芸的な仕事です。

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