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One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei) 富嶽百景

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a book opened to two pages with black and white illustrations. The pages are off-white and rectangular with a thin black border around the illustrations. The left page depicts a mountainous landscape with a large mountain in the background and trees on the left side. There are also bushes in the foreground. The right page shows a cliffside with a person standing on it, looking out at the view. The cliffside is rugged and rocky, with trees and bushes growing out of it. The background of both pages is a hazy, misty atmosphere. The book is set against a solid black background.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1849
Medium
Set of three woodblock printed books; ink on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 337 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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