HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Cento vedute del monte Fuji n. 30, 1834 sculture Dry stamp of the artist

Dry stamp of the artist in the lower right and of the printer in the lower left

in which the human gesture becomes a structural element of the landscape

The compositional idea is particularly clever: the net becomes both a working tool and a visual device that frames the landscape

while in Japanese mythology it embodies the spiritual power of celestial spaces

una soluzione pratica e diffusamente utilizzata fino ai primi anni del XX secolo

HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Cento vedute del monte Fuji n. 30, 1834 sculture Dry stamp of the artistBeautiful proof with good contrasts, attributable to the print run of Eirakuya Tshir (mid 19th century) from the original woods of the Egawa workshop. Printed on Japanese paper, in excellent condition, with original untrimmed margins beyond the marginal line. Annotated Bibliography H. D. Smith II, Hokusai: One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji, New York: George Braziller, 1988 M. Forrer, Hokusai, London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1991 M. Forrer, Hokusai, New