Mount Fuji, Hodogaya Station, Tokaido #1
by Science Source
Title
Mount Fuji, Hodogaya Station, Tokaido #1
Artist
Science Source
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Hodogaya on the Tokaido is a woodblock print by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai. The twenty-sixth print in Hokusai's series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji. Shows porters with sedan chair, resting, and another traveler leading a horse with passenger near the Hodogaya station on the Tokaido Road. Mount Fuji is a frequent subject of Japanese art especially after 1600, when Edo (Tokyo) became the capital and people saw the mountain while traveling on the Tokaido road. The mountain is mentioned in Japanese literature throughout the ages and is the subject of many poems. Mount Fuji is an active stratovolcano located near the Pacific coast of Honshu and one of Japan's "Three Holy Mountains". The ukiyo-e genre of art flourished in Japan from the 17th through 19th centuries.
Uploaded
September 7th, 2020
Statistics
Viewed 334 Times - Last Visitor from New York, NY on 04/23/2024 at 1:56 AM
Embed
Share
Sales Sheet
Comments
There are no comments for Mount Fuji, Hodogaya Station, Tokaido #1. Click here to post the first comment.