Goten Hill at Shinagawa on the Tokaido (Tokaido Shinagawa Gotenyama), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"
c. 1830/33
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Dimensions
26.7 × 38.8 cm (10 1/2 × 15 1/4 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
24756
Art Historical Context
In Katsushika Hokusai's masterful *Goten Hill at Shinagawa the Tokaido* (c. 1830/33), part of his groundbreaking series *Thirty-six Views Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)*, we glimpse a bustling Edo-period landscape. The Tokaido was Japan's vital coastal highway linking Edo (modern Tokyo) to Kyoto, and Shinagawa—its first post station—teemed with travelers. Here, Hokusai captures elegant figures strolling Goten Hill, with the majestic Fuji looming in the distance under dramatic skies, blending everyday life with the sacred mountain revered in Japanese culture. This color woodblock print, in th...
About the Artist
Katsushika Hokusai · 1760–1849
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) stands as one of history's most influential artists, a Japanese master who revolutionized the ukiyo-e woodblock print tradition and profoundly shaped Western art. Born in the Katsushika district of Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to an artisan family, Hokusai lived through nearly nine decades of extraordinary creative evolution, adopting over thirty different artistic names t...