{"product_id":"the-kazusa-province-sea-route-from-36-views-of-mt-fuji-series-by-hokusai","title":"Cargo Ships Off the Bōsō Coast","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"263\" data-end=\"315\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"263\" data-end=\"280\"\u003eKazusa no kairo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"280\" data-end=\"283\"\u003eThirty-six Views of Mount Fuji\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"317\" data-end=\"337\"\u003eKatsushika Hokusai\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"339\" data-end=\"342\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-start=\"344\" data-end=\"366\"\u003eArtwork Description\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"368\" data-end=\"666\"\u003eThis print depicts two large sailing vessels navigating the waters toward Edo, transporting essential goods such as rice, sake, and soy sauce from the Bōsō Peninsula. The ships dominate the foreground, their towering sails and rigging forming a dense architectural framework across the composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"668\" data-end=\"982\"\u003eMount Fuji appears small between the masts and ropes, framed by the geometry of the vessels. The contrast in scale is deliberate: immense cargo ships in the foreground, the distant sacred mountain compressed within their structure. Through this device, Hokusai transforms maritime transport into a visual aperture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"984\" data-end=\"1274\"\u003eThe slight curvature of the horizon enhances spatial depth, while glimpses of faces and figures visible through cabin openings animate the ships with quiet human activity. To the right, the coastline of the Miura Peninsula anchors the scene geographically, reinforcing the route toward Edo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1276\" data-end=\"1564\"\u003eUnlike the elemental violence of \u003cem data-start=\"1309\" data-end=\"1325\"\u003eThe Great Wave\u003c\/em\u003e, this composition emphasizes organized movement and economic exchange. The sea is not chaotic but navigable. Human industry fills the space with purposeful direction. Fuji remains distant yet constant, presiding over the flow of commerce.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1566\" data-end=\"1756\"\u003eHokusai’s familiarity with coastal travel informs the scene’s structural precision. The print captures not merely ships, but the network of maritime transport that sustained Edo-period life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"1758\" data-end=\"1761\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-start=\"1763\" data-end=\"1790\"\u003eAbout Katsushika Hokusai\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1792\" data-end=\"2029\"\u003eKatsushika Hokusai was one of the most influential ukiyo-e artists of the Edo period. Active as both painter and printmaker, he expanded ukiyo-e beyond portraits of actors and courtesans into landscapes, nature, and scenes of daily life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2031\" data-end=\"2271\"\u003eHis series \u003cem data-start=\"2042\" data-end=\"2074\"\u003eThirty-six Views of Mount Fuji\u003c\/em\u003e marked a decisive transformation in Japanese printmaking. Through bold structural framing and dynamic perspective, Hokusai redefined landscape as a space of lived experience and visual philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"2273\" data-end=\"2276\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-start=\"2278\" data-end=\"2293\"\u003eReproduction\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2295\" data-end=\"2395\"\u003eThis work is a 20th century lithographic reproduction of Hokusai’s \u003cem data-start=\"2362\" data-end=\"2394\"\u003eThirty-six Views of Mount Fuji\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2397\" data-end=\"2486\"\u003eIt is not an original Edo period woodblock print, but a later limited edition lithograph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2488\" data-end=\"2552\"\u003eHand printed and numbered 180\/300 in pencil on the lower margin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"2554\" data-end=\"2557\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-start=\"2559\" data-end=\"2569\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2571\" data-end=\"2634\"\u003eMedium: Lithograph\u003cbr data-start=\"2589\" data-end=\"2592\"\u003eEdition: 180\/300\u003cbr data-start=\"2608\" data-end=\"2611\"\u003eSize: 410 mm × 600 mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2636\" data-end=\"2686\"\u003eAll artworks are sold as shown in the photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kumano.is","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49112762876204,"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_0014.jpg?v=1717776531","url":"https:\/\/kumano.is\/products\/the-kazusa-province-sea-route-from-36-views-of-mt-fuji-series-by-hokusai","provider":"Kumano.is","version":"1.0","type":"link"}