{"product_id":"a-sketch-of-the-mitsui-shop-in-suruga-in-edo-from-36-views-of-mt-fuji-series-by-hokusai-copy-copy","title":"Surugadai above the Kanda River","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"89\"\u003eTōto Surugadai\u003cbr data-start=\"33\" data-end=\"36\"\u003eThirty-six Views of Mount Fuji\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"66\" data-end=\"69\"\u003eKatsushika Hokusai\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"91\" data-end=\"94\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"96\" data-end=\"119\"\u003eArtwork Description\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"121\" data-end=\"371\"\u003eThis scene depicts Surugadai, an elevated plateau in the Kanda district of Edo. The area was associated with retainers connected to Sunpu Castle and became a residential zone for shogunate officials. Its height provided clear views toward Mount Fuji.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe composition is organized along a sloping road that descends diagonally through the picture plane. Samurai, peddlers, and pilgrims move along this incline, distributing human presence across the middle ground. Their figures establish directional movement that guides the eye downward toward the river below.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo the right, a large roof occupies the foreground, forming a dominant angular mass. Across the river, smaller clustered roofs create a contrasting horizontal band. This disparity in scale establishes structural tension between near and far architecture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe river, likely the Kanda River, flows alongside the slope, creating a lateral boundary within the composition. Its horizontal course counterbalances the diagonal descent of the road. Beyond the clustered rooftops, Mount Fuji appears small and white along the distant horizon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe work clarifies a recurring structural contrast within the series: layered urban density in the foreground set against the stable, distant presence of Fuji. Large architectural mass, smaller domestic roofs, and the quiet mountain form a graded spatial recession from immediacy to permanence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"1517\" data-end=\"1520\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"1522\" data-end=\"1550\"\u003eAbout Katsushika Hokusai\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1552\" data-end=\"1764\"\u003eKatsushika Hokusai was one of the most influential ukiyo-e artists of the Edo period. Active as painter and printmaker, he expanded ukiyo-e beyond portraiture into landscapes, nature, and scenes of everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1766\" data-end=\"2002\"\u003eIn Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, Hokusai transformed landscape into a structural system—juxtaposing motion and stillness, labor and faith, industry and leisure—while anchoring each composition with the enduring presence of Mount Fuji.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"2004\" data-end=\"2007\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"2009\" data-end=\"2025\"\u003eReproduction\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2027\" data-end=\"2125\"\u003eThis work is a 20th century lithographic reproduction of Hokusai’s Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2127\" data-end=\"2216\"\u003eIt is not an original Edo period woodblock print, but a later limited edition lithograph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2218\" data-end=\"2282\"\u003eHand printed and numbered 180\/300 in pencil on the lower margin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"2284\" data-end=\"2287\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"2289\" data-end=\"2300\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2302\" data-end=\"2365\"\u003eMedium: Lithograph\u003cbr data-start=\"2320\" data-end=\"2323\"\u003eEdition: 180\/300\u003cbr data-start=\"2339\" data-end=\"2342\"\u003eSize: 410 mm × 600 mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2367\" data-end=\"2417\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eAll artworks are sold as shown in the photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kumano.is","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49096220311852,"sku":null,"price":29999.0,"currency_code":"ISK","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0796\/6205\/5724\/files\/Kumano_project_Hokusai_20240601_0092.jpg?v=1717607964","url":"https:\/\/kumano.is\/products\/a-sketch-of-the-mitsui-shop-in-suruga-in-edo-from-36-views-of-mt-fuji-series-by-hokusai-copy-copy","provider":"Kumano.is","version":"1.0","type":"link"}