Description
In early autumn, when the wind is southerly and the sky is clear, the rising sun can turn Mount Fuji red. In this famous woodblock print, also known as “Red Fuji” (赤富士), the artist Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎) captures this moment giving to the observer “one of the simplest and at the same time one of the most outstanding of all Japanese prints” (Gian Carlo Calza, Hokusai, 2003 Phaidon, p. 471).
The work, printed for the first time around 1830-31 by the publisher Nishimuraya Yohachi (西村屋与八), owner of Eijudo (永寿堂), is taken from the famous series “Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji” (富嶽三十六景) and is titled “South Wind, Clear Sky” (凱風快晴).
The woodblock print on Japanese washi paper (和紙) is presented here in a fine edition of the 21st century made, as we read in the seal on the back, by the prestigious Adachi Hanga (アダチ版画) in Tokyo and is in very good condition.
