Hokusai: Ejiri Tago

Hokusai: Ejiri Tago, 1829-34 (sec.20)

Reference

FHH136

Artist

Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

Series

Fugaku Sanju Rokkei - 36 Views of Mount Fuji 

Title

Tokaido Ejiri Tago no Ura riakuzu – The shore at Tago, near Ejiri, on the Tokaido

Date

c.1829/34   (reprinted early 20c)

Signature/Seal

zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu

Publisher

Tamamizawa (original publisher Yeijudo)

Format:

Dimensions

Oban yoko-e: 

27 cm x 40 cm; 10.5" x 15.5"

Impression

Excellent

Colors

Excellent

Condition

Excellent

Description

A blue Fuji, with its crest un white, towering behind green hills shrouded in yellow mists, overlooking the shore at Tago, near Ejiri, the eighteenth station in the Tokaido. In the foreground two junks, with two others behind. One of the best designs in this great series.

Price: € 100 / US$ 125

 

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