"The Tea plantation of Katakura in Suruga Province" from 36 views of Mt.Fuji series by Hokusai

Description : 

"Sunshū Katakura Chaen no Fuji" Katsushika Hokusai’s The Tea Plantation of Katakura in Suruga Province, from the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji series, depicts not only a tea plantation but the entire cycle of the tea industry.

From women picking leaves, men carrying baskets, and horses transporting loads, to processing in the building on the right and storing in white-walled warehouses, the print condenses all stages into a vivid “industrial picture scroll.” Mount Fuji with lingering snow crowns the scene, contrasting the vastness of nature with human industriousness.

While the exact location of “Katakura” is debated, modern scholarship often identifies it with Nakano in Fuji City, Shizuoka.

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