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Mt. Fuji from the Sumida River

Size: 22.0cm by 32.0cm (8.66 in by 12.60 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ?

Designer: Katsushika Hokusai

Era: Early Showa | Currency: $ / £ / €

Price: ¥ 8,000$ 61.00£ 48.00€ 57.75 [Item has been sold]

Description: In the immediate post-war period, the publisher Takamizawa issued a number of prints based on designs by Hokusai, with an interesting twist - they colorised them.

Hokusai's famous "One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji" (Fugaku Hyakkei) series was originally issued as a set of three illustrated books, with the entire project being done in muted tones of black and grey.

The print you see here - originally a left-right spread in the book - has been re-created as a single sheet, with colours added by the post-war craftsmen.

In this print, Mt. Fuji can be seen at a distance from the Sumida river bank, with crowds of Edoites happily enjoying both their hanami party as well as the view of Mt. Fuji in the distance.

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