冨嶽三十六景 相州箱根湖水|The Lake at Hakone in Sagami Province (Sōshū Hakone kosui), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)
ca. 1830–32
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
10 1/8 x 15 in. (25.7 x 38.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1914
Accession Number
JP17
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About this artwork
Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla's 'Portraits of the Emperors' from Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae (1582) presents 135 small engravings of Roman emperors from Julius Caesar to Rudolf II. Brambilla (active 1579-1599), Italian engraver and cartographer born in Milan but active in Rome by 1579 when listed as Congregazione dei Virtuosi al Pantheon member, produced these portraits continuing Renaissance tradition of imperial portrait series. Published by Panzera 1582, this work satisfied scholarly and po...
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...