Research Catalog

Title

Hokusai : thirty-six views of Mount Fuji / Amélie Balcou.

Author

Balcou, Amélie

Publication

• London ; New York, NY : Prestel Publishing, [2019]
• ©2019

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Details

Additional Authors

Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849

Description

2 volumes (46 pages, 92 unnumbered pages) : illustrations (some color); 24 cm

Summary

"Hokusai's series depicting Mount Fuji is widely considered to be the pinnacle of his career. This beautiful boxed accordion-fold edition comprises the full set of forty-six prints (the original thirty-six and ten more that were completed later) and features a luxurious silken binding along with a separate explanatory booklet. The book and booklet are packaged in an elegant slipcase. Devoted entirely to landscapes, Hokusai's series shows Mount Fuji from various viewpoints, framed in different ways. An indefatigable traveler who was passionate about nature, Hokusai explored every vantage point and season at the volcano. He presented it both as a solitary and majestic snow-capped peak and as a smaller object on a distant horizon. Hokusai also portrayed the mountain as an element in Japanese daily life and as an imposing force of nature that can be peaceful and beneficent, or ferocious and unforgiving. These impeccably reproduced prints invite readers to examine Hokusai's virtuosic use of color and composition, his talent for contrasting perspectives, and his interest in the dueling roles of man and nature. An exquisite objet d'art, this volume is the perfect vehicle for appreciating Hokusai's crowning achievement in all its lasting and subtle beauty"--Publisher's description.

Uniform Title

Hokusai, les Trente-six vues du Mont Fuji. English

Alternative Title

• Hokusai, les Trente-six vues du Mont Fuji.
• Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji
• 富嶽三十六景
• Fugaku sanjūrokkei

Subject

• Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849
• Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849 > Criticism and interpretation
• Thirty-six views of Mt. Fuji (Katsushika, Hokusai)
• Wood-engraving, Japanese
• Prints, Japanese
• Fuji, Mount (Japan) > In art
• Japan > Mount Fuji

Genre/Form

• Art.
• Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Note

• The booklet has 46 pages ; accordion-book is on continuous strip of 46 prints folded accordian style.
• Pages of the accordion-book run from right to left.
• Both book and booklet are packaged in a slipcase.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (page 12 of the booklet).

Language (note)

• Translated from the French.

Call Number

JQE 20-401

ISBN

• 9783791386072
• 3791386077

OCLC

1085209585

Author

Balcou, Amélie, author of booklet.

Title

Hokusai : thirty-six views of Mount Fuji / Amélie Balcou.

Publisher

London ; New York, NY : Prestel Publishing, [2019]

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (page 12 of the booklet).

Language

Translated from the French.

Added Author

Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849, artist.

Alternate Script for Note

Cover title on book: 富嶽三十六景

Research Call Number

JQE 20-401