EAN: 9780500026557

HOKUSAIS FUJI - KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI GEBUNDEN

A wonderfully illustrated exploration of one of Hokusai's key motifs: Mount Fuji.     Hokusai's
Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji and the three volumes of his subsequent One Hundred Views of
Mount Fuji show his fascination with a single motif: Mount Fuji. Hokusai's near-obsession with
Fuji was part of his hankering after artistic immortality ¿ in Buddhist and Daoist tradition 
Fuji was thought to hold the secret to eternal life  as one popular interpretation of its name
suggests: 'Fu-shi' ('not death'). Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji was produced from c. 1830 to
1832 when Hokusai was in his seventies and at the height of his career. Among the prints are
three of the artist's most famous: The Great Wave off Kanagawa   Fine Wind  Clear Morning and
Thunderstorm Beneath the Summit . By the time he created his second great tribute to Mount Fuji
three volumes comprising One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji  he was using the artist names Gakyo
rojin ('Old Man Crazy to Paint')  and Manji ('Ten Thousand Things'  or 'Everything').
Contrasting the mountain's steadfastness and solidity with the ravages of the surrounding
elements  Hokusai depicts Fuji through different seasons  weather conditions and settings  and
in so doing communicates an important message: while life changes  Fuji stands still.   
Including all the illustrations from these two masterpieces  this book also features many of
Hokusai¿s earlier renditions of the mountain  as well as later paintings. In this way  through
Mount Fuji  this volume traces a history of Hokusai¿s oeuvre overall.

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