Fugaku sanjurokkei (The 36 Views of Mount Fuji)
A major ukiyo-e series depicting Mount Fuji by the late-Edo-period artist Hokusai Katsushika
Fugaku sanjurokkei (The 36 Views of Mount Fuji) was a major work by Hokusai Katsushika (1787–1867), an ukiyo-e artist of the late Edo period. This woodblock print series is considered to contain masterpieces of pictures of famous places depicting Mount Fuji. Despite the name, the series actually consists of 46 images in total, as it contains 10 additional images commonly called rear views of Mount Fuji, in addition to the 36 frontal views of Mount Fuji. Based on the colophon pages in novels produced by publisher Nishimura Eijudo, the series is believed to have come out from 1831 to 1833. As Hokusai had traveled to the Kansai region prior to this, he presumably saw Mount Fuji in person. The three most prominent pieces in the series are Gaifu kaisei (Fine Wind, Clear Morning), also known as Aka Fuji (Red Fuji); Kanagawa okinamiura (The Great Wave off Kanagawa); and Sanka hakuu (Rainstorm beneath the Summit). Yet most of the other works in the series are also masterpieces of great depth, including Edo Nihonbashi (Nihon Bridge in Edo), Sunshu Ejiri (Ejiri in Suruga Province), Koshu Kajikazawa (Kajikazawa in Kai Province), and Totomi sanchu (Mount Fuji from the Mountains of Totomi). These extraordinary compositions made with simple color combinations are said to have had a major influence on French impressionist painters from the mid-19th century on, driven by the Japonism current at the time.
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東京都墨田区に所在。常設展示では、葛飾北斎の作品などを解説しています。
東京都墨田区に所在。『富嶽三十六景』を所蔵しており、HPトップの収蔵品検索から「江戸東京博物館 デジタルアーカイブ」に入り、詳細検索で冨嶽（「冨」はウ冠でなく、ワ冠であることに注意）と入力して検索すると、画像を閲覧することができる。
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立命館大学アート・リサーチセンターのデータベース。ウェブ上で公開されている浮世絵を統合的に検索できる。画像は、東京国立博物館所蔵の「富嶽三十六景＿相州江の嶋」。
『富嶽三十六景』の全46図を見ることができる。
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Out of Japan
米国ニューヨークに所在する美術館。パブリックドメインの『富嶽三十六景』の画像を検索できる。画像は「東海道金谷の不二」
米国イリノイ州に所在する美術館。パブリックドメインの『富嶽三十六景』の画像を検索できる。画像は "Kogane Plain in Shimosa Province (Shimosa Koganehara)"
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- 編集制作: 座右宝刊行会,集英社
- [葛飾北斎] [画],日野原健司 編,岩波書店
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