One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku Hyakkei sanpen) 富嶽百景[三編]
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1847
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Medium
Woodblock print; ink on paper
Dimensions
9 × 6 1/4 × 3/8 in. (22.9 × 15.9 × 1 cm)
Classification
Illustrated Books
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1918
Accession Number
JIB20
Tags
BridgesMountainsTreesHuman Figures
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...