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Katsushika Hokusai

South Wind, Clear Dawn (Gaifū kaisei), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fūgaku Sanjūrokkei)

Ca. 1831-33

Japan

Color woodblock print; ôban yoko-e; ink and color on paper

H. 10 x W. 14 7/8 in. (25.4 x 37.8 cm)

Asia Society, New York: Asia Society Museum Collection. Purchase, 2015.12

Provenance

Sebastian Izzard LLC., New York, NY; acquired from Christie’s London, November 7, 2007, lot 784.

The Asia Society, New York, NY; acquired from Sebastian Izzard LLC., New York, NY, March 2014.

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Series: Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji (Fūgaku sanjūrokkei) Signed: Hokusai aratame Iitsu hitsu Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō) In this work, Hokusai captured the sacred Mt. Fuji as it takes on a red color at dawn, reflecting the rays of the rising sun. Mt. Fuji is one of a number of sacred Japanese sites with connections to both Shinto and Buddhist traditions that are popular pilgrimage sites and have inspired artists with their great beauty and spiritual associations. This recent addition to the Asia Society Museum Collection is a rare, second-state print from Hokusai’s famed Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji woodblock print series. Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) was a household name in his own time in Japan and became world-renowned for his prints within fifty years of his death. His name is synonymous with dramatic landscapes.