Tōkaidō Yoshida
Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
Katsushika Hokusai
Artwork Description
At Yoshida-juku, the thirty-fourth post station along the Tōkaidō Road, travelers pause at a teahouse celebrated for its framed view of Mount Fuji. Hokusai stages the mountain not as a distant wilderness, but as a carefully composed spectacle, seen from a veranda overlooking the landscape.
Two elegantly dressed women sit at ease while the proprietress gestures toward the vista. Nearby, a palanquin carrier, likely having just transported the women, wipes sweat from his brow and taps his straw sandals with a wooden mallet. These gestures introduce movement and immediacy, grounding the scene in the rhythms of travel and labor.
Beneath the signboard reading “Ochitsuke,” the inscription “Motomoto Yoshida Hokuchō” identifies the establishment as the original house. Through such precise details, Hokusai blends commercial culture, social hierarchy, and scenic beauty. Mount Fuji becomes both a natural monument and a curated attraction, experienced through architecture, hospitality, and human interaction.
About Katsushika Hokusai
Katsushika 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.
His series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji became one of the most celebrated achievements in Japanese printmaking. Hokusai’s work profoundly influenced European artists such as Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet during the nineteenth-century wave of Japonism.
Reproduction
This work is a 20th century lithographic reproduction of Hokusai’s Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji.
It is not an original Edo period woodblock print, but a later limited edition lithograph.
Hand printed and numbered 180/300 in pencil on the lower margin.
Details
Medium: Lithograph
Edition: 180/300
Size: 410 mm × 600 mm
All artworks are sold as shown in the photographs.
