EAN: 9780500026557

HOKUSAIS FUJI - KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI GEBUNDEN

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.0 0Including 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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