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This is an image originally from Hokusai's masterwork ‘One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji’.
Mt. Fuji is seen beyond a bamboo grove; both of these are quite heavily stylized - the steepness of the mountain is very much exaggerated, and the bamboo stems have been curved into shapes not normally seen in nature.
Hokusai mixed the thick and narrow bamboo, and also included shoots of different heights - this creates a very rhythmic mood. The very subtle gray clouds in the sky are covering part of Mt. Fuji, which helps create a sense of perspective.
Over all, Hokusai has created a very attractive composition, but it is interesting to remember that the original version - in the One Hundred Views book - was printed in faint grey tones. The coloring you see here was created by Takamizawa's artisans.
Other prints in this set
- Hokusai Famous Works
- Mt. Fuji from Meguro
- Mt. Fuji in a Snowstorm
- Women with a Telescope
- Night Fishing in Kōshū
- Fuji from the Sea
- Mt. Fuji from a Mountain Path
- Whirlpools at Awa
- Mt. Fuji Seen from Mishima
- A Bullfinch and a Drooping Cherry Tree
- Yotsuya Zyūnisō
- Scenery at Senbon Matsubara
- Fuji Seen Through the Willows
- Azuma and Yogorō in a Snowy Morning
- Mt. Fuji from a Reedy Riverbank
- Mother and Child
- Mt. Fuji in the Mist
- The Sumidagawa River
- Mt. Fuji reflected
- Travelers in Deep Snow
- Morning after Snowfall
- Woman in the Snow
- Mt. Fuji and a Dragon
- Humans Against the Raging Sea
- Fuji Reflected on the Sea
- Spring Picnic
- Mt. Fuji through a Fishing Net
- Woman and Willow Tree
- Fuji in Clear Weather
- Mt. Fuji from Lake Suwa
- Woman Reading
- Scenery at Shimada
- A Cormorant
- Mt. Fuji from Suzaki
- Women under a Mosquito Net
- Thunderstorm near Mt. Fuji
- Tipsy Woman
- Distant Mt. Fuji
- Grasshopper and Irises
- Harvest Scene
- The Kirifuri Falls
- A Stork
- The First Ferry-boat on New Year's Day
- Mt.Fuji with the Seven Bridges
- Scene on the Taki-no-kawa River
- Cleaning a Boat Hull
- Poppies
- Snow Scene at Sumida River
- Two Women Boating
- A Picnic Scene in the Edo Suburbs