Yoshida on the Tōkaidō, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji

ca. 1830-32

Japanese, 1760 - 1849

In this image from Hokusai's celebrated Fuji series, the subject is less the mountain than the lively cast of characters assembled to admire it. The artist's mastery of figure drawing is apparent in these dynamic depictions, which recall his famous studies published under the title Hokusai manga. The thousands of sketches Hokusai produced in these volumes often found new life in his later prints.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

10 x 14 3/4 in. (25.4 x 37.5 cm)

Gift of Mary and Allan Kollar, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum

2010.47.1

Provenance: [Egenolf Gallery, Burbank, California]; purchased from gallery by Allan Kollar, Seattle, Washington, 2009; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2010

Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Fleeting Beauty: Japanese Woodblock Prints, Apr. 1 - July 4, 2010. Text by Catherine Roche. Cat. no. 46, reproduced p. 69.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Legends, Tales, Poetry: Visual Narrative in Japanese Art, Dec. 22, 2012 - July 21, 2013.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Renegade Edo: Japanese Prints and Toulouse-Lautrec, July 21 - Dec. 3, 2023. Text by Xiaojin Wu. No cat. no., pp. 17-18, 99, reproduced pl. 2.

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