Katsushika Hokusai

‘Tea house at Koishikawa, the Morning after a Snowfall’ by Katsushika Hokusai

11.Tea house at Koishikawa, the Morning after a Snowfall     The series of “Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji” contains 46 ukiyo-e woodblock printings, but the image is just the single artworks of the snowy scene.   From the second floor of the tea house, people enjoy the view that a snowfall during the night made.    …

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Katsushika Hokusai’s, ‘Below Meguro’ landscape ukiyo-e woodblock print

10.Below Meguro     Currently there are many stylish cafes, but the countrified Below Meguro (Shimo-Meguro)  was the area of hills and farming. Especially, it was famous for the place where the shoguns hunted with a falcon. Let’s see the ukiyo-e woodblock printing by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849). The lower right of Mt. Fuji making an appearance …

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Katsushika Hokusai’s, ‘Watermill at Onden’ landscape ukiyo-e woodblock print

9.Watermill at Onden   One of the series of “Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji” by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849). Harajuku, the town leading the latest in fashion today, was the rural district where the people live at leisure in Edo Period. We can not see anymore, but the Shibuya River run Onden village. This river also flows now under the …

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Ukiyo-e art print, ‘Cushion Pine at Aoyama’ by Katsushika Hokusai

8.Cushion Pine at Aoyama     The Cushion Pine were the famous trees at the precinct of Ryuganji in Harajuku Village, which had the 5.6 meters wide. And other smoler pine trees were planted in a circle so as to surround it. Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) depicted the hill of pine trees as a semicircle shape and Mt. Fuji as a triangle.   Hokusai, in …

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Ukiyo-e block print, ‘Sazai hall-Temple of Five Hundred Rakan’ by Katsushika Hokusai

7. Sazai hall-Temple of Five Hundred Rakan   In the ukiyo-e art, one of the series of “Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji“, Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) drew the scene of distant Mt. Fuji and the people who see the landscape from the temple. Temple of Five Hundred Rakan was established at the Kameido village(today’s Oojima-cho, Koto-ku, Tokyo …

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Ukiyo-e woodblock print, ‘Under Mannen Bridge at Fukagawa’ by Katsushika Hokusai

6.Under Mannen Bridge at Fukagawa   One of the “Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji” ukiyo-e art. Mannen Bridge was at the joint point of the two river traffics, Onagi River and Sumida River. Various people cross the bridge under the clear sky.  Turning our eyes for the river, some boats come and go on the water. And …

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Artwork of Katsushika Hokusai, ‘Honjo-tatekawa’

5.Honjo-tatekawa We can see the lively aspects of the Edo craftmen in this woodblock print of the series of “Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji“   Honjo, today’s Sumida-ku (Tokyo), was developed as a new town after the Great Fire of Meireki in 1657 and the many lumber dealer stood in a raw in the city. Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) drew the …

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‘Asakusa Hongan-ji Temple in the Eastern Capital’ by Katsushika Hokusai

4.Asakusa Hongan-ji Temple in the Eastern Capital      The architecture of Hongan-ji temple closes in on this side and the Kawara workmen repair the roof on it. The big roof was so popular in Edo City.   The high point of view is really outstanding for this ukiyo-e woodblock printing. Even the clouds float lower than the roof. …

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Katsushika Hokusai’s, ‘Surugadai in the Eastern Capital’ landscape ukiyo-e art

3.Surugadai in the Eastern Capital   The summer view ukiyo-e from Suruga-dai at Kanda drawn by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849). Suruga was the area around Shizuoka Prefecture now. It is said that the origin of the name “Suruga-dai” was because it was a place where Suruga samurai houses were in Hongo, Kanda or Mt. Fuji in Suruga could …

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‘The Store of Mitsui in Suruga-cho, the Eastern Capital’ print by Katsushika Hokusai

2.The Store of Mitsui in Suruga-cho, the Eastern Capital   Mt. Fuji in the center separates the screen. By all rights, there should be the street under the image, but the part above the signboard is drawn. It similar to ‘Asakusa Hongan-ji temple in the Eastern capital‘ of the Kawara workmen and the kite show the …

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