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is the title of two series of
woodblock prints Woodblock printing or block printing is a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China in antiquity as a method of printing on textiles and later paper. Each page or image is create ...
by Japanese
ukiyo-e Ukiyo-e is a genre of Japanese art which flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock prints and paintings Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surfac ...
artist Hiroshige, depicting
Mount Fuji , or Fugaku, located on the island of Honshū, is the highest mountain in Japan, with a summit elevation of . It is the second-highest volcano located on an island in Asia (after Mount Kerinci on the island of Sumatra), and seventh-highest p ...
in differing seasons and weather conditions from a variety of different places and distances. The 1852 series, published by Sanoya Kihei, are in landscape orientation using the '' chūban'' format, while the 1858 series are in the portrait ''
ōban An Ōban (大判) was a monetary ovoid gold plate, and the largest denomination of Tokugawa coinage. Tokugawa coinage worked according to a triple monetary standard, using gold, silver and bronze coins, each with their own denominations. The fi ...
'' format and were published by Tsutaya Kichizō. The same subject had previously been dealt with by
Hokusai , known simply as Hokusai, was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period, active as a painter and printmaker. He is best known for the woodblock printing in Japan, woodblock print series ''Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji'', which includes the ...
in two of his own series, '' Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji'', produced from to 1832, and ''
One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji is a series of three illustrated books by Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai. It is considered one of Japan's most exceptional illustrated books (''e-hon''), and alongside the '' Hokusai Manga'', the most influential in the West. The first two vol ...
'', published in three volumes from 1834 to 1849.


Prints

Note: All locations use the modern place names.


1852 series

This series was published by . The images are shown in the order as determined by the
Yamanashi Prefectural Museum opened in Fuefuki, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan in 2005. The collection relates to the natural history, history, and culture of Yamanashi Prefecture; special exhibitions are also held. How to get *From Chūō Expressway Ichinomiya Misaka IC Tak ...
. There is an alternate numbering scheme that corresponds to that given by Edmond de Goncourt in his work on Hokusai.


1858 series

This series was published by .


See also

*'' Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji'' by
Hokusai , known simply as Hokusai, was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period, active as a painter and printmaker. He is best known for the woodblock printing in Japan, woodblock print series ''Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji'', which includes the ...


References


External links


hiroshige.org.uk article on "36 Views" 1852


{{Hiroshige 1859 works Print series by Hiroshige Landscape prints Mount Fuji