"Mishima Pass in Kai Province" from 36 views of Mt.Fuji series by Hokusai

Description : 

"甲州三島越" (Kōshū Mishima-goe) “Mishima Pass in Kai Province”  is one of Katsushika Hokusai’s Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji. It depicts a mountainous route connecting Kai Province (Yamanashi) with Suruga (Shizuoka). At the center stands an enormous tree—likely imaginary—juxtaposed against the distant form of Mount Fuji. Travelers hold hands around the trunk to measure its vast girth, humorously emphasizing the smallness of humanity against the grandeur of nature. Through gradated shades of blue and green, Hokusai conveys the clear summer air and the clouds drifting above the mountain.

Hokusai Katsushika : 
Known simply as Hokusai, was a Japanese Ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period, active as a painter and printmaker. 
He is best known for the woodblock print series Thirty six views of Mt Fuji, which includes the iconic print The Great Wave Off Kanagawa. Hokusai was instrumental in developing Ukiyo-e from a style of portraiture largely focused on courtesans and actors into a much broader style of art that focused on landscapes, plants, and animals. His works are thought to have had a significant influence on Vincent Van Gogh and Claude Monete during the wave of Japonism that spread across Europe in the late 19th century.

REPRODUCTION : In the 20th century, artists and publishers collaborated to recreate famous woodblock prints, providing them to Japanese collectors and Westerners seeking rare designs.
New blocks were made, and artisan printers painstakingly printed each color using the same method as the 19th-century originals.

Limited edition lithograph
Hand-printed, numbered 180/300 on margin.
Size : 
410mm x 600mm