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
       
内 uchi inside  
田 ta rice field Publisher:
版 han edition Uchida

Artist’s signature in left print area:

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

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

Character Reading Meaning Translation
       
富 fu wealth  
嶽 gaku peak  
三 san three  
十 jū ten Thirty-six
六 roku six views of
景 kei view Mount Fuji
       
凱 kai victory song  
風 fū wind South wind
快 kai pleasant in
晴 sei weather fine weather


References


Provenance: Uchida Art Co