Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)
Inume Pass in Kai Province
甲州犬目峠 · Kōshū Inume-tōge
Katsushika Hokusai · c. 1830–32
What it is
Packhorse drivers climb the switchbacked ridge toward Inume Pass; the trail folds back on itself, and Fuji rises full-height beyond the valley.
Why it matters
Kai Province's inland Fuji — seen not from the sea or the city but from the working road over the mountains: a view a traveler earned on foot.
What to notice
The path's zigzag makes a slow ascent your eye can walk; Fuji's slope answers it in a single unbroken line.
"The pass is climbed in switchbacks. The mountain was drawn in one line."
The record
- Artist
- Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760–1849)
- Series
- Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)
- Date
- c. 1830–32
- Publisher
- Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō)
- Medium
- woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Source
- The Art Institute of Chicago · 1925.3283
Impression note. Printings differ in the depth of the sky's blue band and the greens of the ridge; a fine impression keeps the travelers and packhorses sharp against the graded slope. Impression variance is real — printings differ in wiping and fading — and choosing the finest openly held impression is the curatorial act.
Public domain; faithfully reproduced.
Bring it home
Printed to order on EMA matte art paper, 200gsm.
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Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)Fine Wind, Clear Morning (Red Fuji)Katsushika Hokusai · c. 1830–32
Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)Thunderstorm Beneath the SummitKatsushika Hokusai · c. 1830–32
Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)Kajikazawa in Kai ProvinceKatsushika Hokusai · c. 1830–32The road at your moment — Painted Earth’s ukiyo-e style pack.