Katsushika Hokusai, 1760-1849

Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji: Kajikazawa in Kai Province
(Fugaku sanju-rokkei: Koshu Kajikazawa)

a fisherman holds his lines while standing on a promontory of a rocky coastline with turbulent waves breaking beneath; black outline, signed zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu, published by Nishimura-ya Yohachi (Eijudo), ca. 1831

oban yoko-e 9 5/8 by 14 1/2 in., 24.6 by 36.8 cm

References:
Richard Lane: Hokusai: Life and Work, 1989, p. 196, nos. 252 & 253
Matthi Forrer, Hokusai: Prints and Drawings, 1991, no. 16
Gian Carlo Calza, Hokusai: Il vecchio pazzo per la pittura, 1999, p. 280, no. V.35.15b
Gian Carlo Calza, Hokusai, 2003, p. 272, V.35.15B
Jocelyn Bouquillard, Hokusai's Mount Fuji: The Complete Views in Color, 2007, pp. 46-47, no. 15

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