Volume 3 of 100 views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei sanhen)

Description:: Woodblock printed book, Volume 3 of '100 views of Mount Fuji' (Fugaku hyakkei) by Katsushika Hokusai, printed in ink on paper with blocks carved by Egawa Sentarō, published by Eirakuya Tōshirō in Nagoya, Japan, in the 1850s. Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) was already 75 years old by Japanese reckoning when he completed work on the first volume of this illustrated book, which highlights the beauty and spirituality of Japan’s venerated mountain through masterful compositions. While the preceding two volumes were originally published in 1834 and 1835, Volume 3 was not published until around 1849. This copy is thought to date from between 1854 and 1859.

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