Design: Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)  
  Title: Mount Fuji in clear weather  
  Size: 26.0 x 38.1 cm (oban)  
  Posthumous printing from newly cut woodblocks    
  Photography: Theo Janssen
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Hokusai(2)

Enlargement


Originally published around 1830.

Publisher’s seal in right margin:

Character Reading Meaning Translation
       
uchi inside  
ta rice field Publisher:
han edition Uchida

Artist’s signature in left print area:

Character Reading Meaning Translation
       
hoku north Drawn by
sai purification Hokusai,
arata(meru) alter changing
  iitsu one year again his name to
hitsu writing brush Iitsu

Series and print title in cartouche in top left of the print:

Character Reading Meaning Translation
       
fu wealth  
gaku peak  
san three  
ten Thirty-six
roku six views of
kei view Mount Fuji
       
kai victory song  
wind South wind
kai pleasant in
sei weather fine weather


References


Provenance: Uchida Art Co