Book - Hokusai's Fuji

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  • A beautifully illustrated exploration of one of Hokusai’s key motifs: Mount Fuji. The Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji and the three volumes of One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji bear witness to Hokusai’s fascination with this unique subject: Mount Fuji
  • This near-obsession with Fuji was part of his quest for artistic immortality. In Buddhist and Taoist tradition, Fuji was considered the secret of eternal life, as suggested by a popular interpretation of its name : “Fu-shi” (“non-death”)
  • Among these prints are three of the artist’s most famous works: The Great Wave off Kanagawa, Fine Wind, Clear Morning and Thunderstorm Beneath the Summit. When he created his second great tribute to Mount Fuji — the three volumes of One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji — he used the pseudonyms Gakyo rojin (“Old Man Mad About Painting”) and Manji (“Ten Thousand Things”, or “Everything”). Setting the mountain’s constancy and solidity against the ravages of the surrounding elements, Hokusai depicts Fuji through the seasons, in all weather and across different landscapes, conveying an important message: while life changes, Fuji remains immutable.
  • This book, which brings together all the illustrations from these two masterpieces, also presents many earlier depictions of the mountain by Hokusai, as well as later paintings. In this way, through Mount Fuji, the volume retraces the history of Hokusai’s work as a whole.
  • Author: Katsushika Hokusai
  • Number of pages: 416
  • Dimensions: 15.6 x 21.7 cm
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