woodblock printings

Katsushika Hokusai’s landscape ukiyo-e art, ‘Pleasure District at Senju’

15.Pleasure District at Senju   It is the ukiyo-e woodblock print, one of the “Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji“, depicting the scenery along the Nikko Highway.  The row of people in the front is the daimyo’s procession, they are on the way to their home. They hold the firearms and spears in the scarlet bags.   The houses of Senju pleasure district …

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Landscape ukiyo-e, ‘Senju, Musashi Province’ by Katsushika Hokusai

14.Senju, Musashi Province   Senju was the first post town on the highways of Nikko-dochu and Oshu-dochu, prospering as one of the four major postal station in Edo.   The farmer with the horse and the angler hand over the shade and look up to Mt. Fuji. at the same time. They may be talking something about the view …

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Landscape ukiyo-e, Sekiya Village on the Sumida River by Katsushika Hokusai

13.Sekiya Village on the Sumida River  The Japanese woodblock print is one of the series of “Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji” by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849). Sekiya was the area around Senju dry riverbed on the Sumida River. The winding road that three samurai riding on the horsebacks was the Ushida bank.   The mustle of the horses …

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‘Sunset across the Ryōgoku Bridge…’ ukiyo-e art by Katsushika Hokusai

12.Sunset across the Ryōgoku Bridge from the bank of the Sumida River at Onmayagashi     The ukiyo-e woodblock printing silhouettes the figure of Mt. Fuji wrapped in the orange light of the setting sun.   The dusk is falling from the upper sky and the far buildings and boarts also turn into the gray shadows.   Even …

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‘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 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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